A couple with a combined age of 187 walks down the aisle and
are ready to become two of the world’s oldest newlyweds.
Great grand mum of six Flo Marshallsay, aged 96, will walk
down the aisle with great-grandad Bill Griffiths, 91, at a church ceremony with
40 guests next month.
Retired engineer Bill proposed to former pub landlady Flo in
front of his son Peter, 63, over a cup of tea at the home where the two
widowers have lived together for a decade.
“Bill sat up on the settee and said to peter ‘do you mind if
I ask Flo to marry me?’ And he said ‘well, you better ask her really’.
“Then Bill looked at me and said ‘Flo, will you marry me?’ I
said ‘yes’ and he gave me a great big kiss. He didn’t go down on one knee but
it was still very romantic.
“I couldn’t believe it when he asked me. It was a real shock.
He just grabbed the bull by the horns. “It really took me by surprise but then
life is full of surprises.
“My friend and family are delighted, they think it’s
wonderful but some said I’m crazy. Found love again. Bill and Florence have
known one another for almost 20 years.
“You’re never too old to get married. You’re only as old as
you feel and I don’t feel old. Physically I am but mentally I’m as fit as a
fiddle. “If anybody told me I was too old to walk down the aisle I would tell
them they were talking rubbish.”Bill who has seven grandchildren and one great
grandchild lamented on why he loves Flo, saying that she is very loving and
kind.
They met each other when dancing and Flo cooked meals for
Bill after his wife passed away. The lovebirds, from Oldbury, West Mids, will
tie the knot at St Hild’s Parish Church in Smethwick, West Mids, on January 16,2015.
George Kirby, 103, and Doreen Luckie, 91, became the world’s oldest newlyweds at
a ceremony in their home town.
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