Is it really right to search for the worlds longest marriage ever?”
i just read this in the paper a few days ago but the longest marriage ever was recorded in the guiness book of world records on june 1st of this month. the husband, 105 years old, his wife, 100. the husband passed away a few days ago. How cute are they? WORLD’S LONGEST MARRIAGE OVER Percy Arrowsmith, who with his wife set the record two weeks ago for the world’s longest marriage, died Wednesday, his wife of 80 years by his side. He was 105. Arrowsmith died at his home in Hereford, northwest of London, his bishop said. Arrowsmith and his 100-year-old wife, Florence, celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on June 1. “Percy and Flo were very happy when I saw them on their anniversary,” said the Rev. Anthony Priddis, bishop of Hereford. “They were still very much in love with each other.” Earlier this month, Guinness World Records recognized the pair as holding records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate
Who better to give relationship advice, than Craven County, North Carolina natives, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher? (Read more about them here.) The Fishers were married May 13, 1924. They have maintained their marriage through WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, fifteen presidents, the moon landing, five children and several grand and greatgrand children, and the invention of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. The record for the longest married couple is held by an Indian couple, Philipose and Sosamma Thomas who were marreid 86 years and 128 days. When interviewed back in 2008, they admitted that they both share the title boss. They are members of different churches and attend separately on Sunday mornings. The Fishers rarely argued, according to the article: Norma Godette, one of the couple’s five children. said her parents have gotten along well through the years. “One time, mama wanted to work. Daddy told her she could not work, that he could tak
