Never too old to tie the knot, and more

“She had eyes on me all these years,” said the the 93-year-old groom about his 89-year-old bride.

Never too old to tie the knot

Ebenezer Rose of West Palm Beach, Fla., who as a young man traveled the world as a Christian missionary, lost his wife of 58 years in 2005. His friend Monica Hayden, whom he had known for 20 years, lost her second husband last fall. This week, before a crowd of friends and relatives, the 93-year-old Rose and the 89-year-old Hayden tied the knot. “She had eyes on me all these years,” said Rose. “I told her, ‘Each of us is living a lonely life. Why not get married?’ By God’s grace, we’re here.”

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