" It was just beautiful"... These were the words as a bride of sixty-eight years reminisced about her wedding night.
On February sixth, 1941, bridges over the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers had not yet been constructed and Kentucky marriage laws required a three day waiting period to obtain a license to marry. So after sunset, on that wintry February evening, two young people snuggled close to keep warm, waiting to be ferried across the river to Missouri, where marriage laws were less restrictive.
It was on that night, Dick and Gwen, decided to elope to Charleston, Missouri. The snow danced in the sky on that cool winter night, sparkling under the softness of the nearly full moon, creating memories so enchanting and sweet that still bless this couple aftger a lifetime of love together.
Now, sixty eight years years later, with five children, many grandchildren and even more great grandchildren, their loving spirit continues to instill romance and hope into the lives they touch.
Along with Dick and Gwen Meadows there is now another young couple who will share February 6th as amost special kind of day.
Congratulations to Shawn and Paula Jones. The date for their wedding was chosen by their grandaughter Paula.
It was a ceremony shared with friends and family at a church in Livingston county Kentucky. That evening the moon was almost full as it was so many years before. Shining down once again through a clear winter sky in February.
Another honeymoon for another young couple, in love and excited to begin their new life together.
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