I can't help but be moved by the story of these two couples gyud.... just wanna share...
On Tuesday afternoon, 100-year-old J.C. Cox and his and 96-year-old wife Josie were buried together.
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The couple — married for 75 years — died within five hours of each other.
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Their story begins on Christmas Day in 1932.
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"They stayed together the whole time," Williamson said, pointing out the bed they had shared.
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Mrs. Cox insisted on being the sole person to care for J.C., even up until the moment they entered a nursing home last month.
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"She was still ironing his clothes three weeks ago," Williamson said.
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"She was going to make sure — even though he never went anywhere — his clothes were going to be starched," Grimm said.
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Persistence never left them. They kept their wedding vows for 75 years, through the deaths of their own children, the lives of three new generations and the inevitable changes in each other.
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"Holding hands — and that's how they died," Williamson said, with tears in her eyes. "Pa died holding onto Granny."
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"Holding hands "— and that's how they died
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