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Country roots nurture 77-year partnership
SAN ANTONIO, -- A nonagenarian Texan couple, Elsie and Lloyd Hill, credit their 77-year marriage to "a lot of understanding, lot of love and a lot of prayers."
The couple, who met at Elsie Bell's 15th birthday dance in 1932 in Arkansas, celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary Friday at their San Antonio home, the Express-News reported. They are both now 94.
When they wed in 1933, gas was 10 cents a gallon and "King Kong" reigned at the box office.
Their marriage spanned the Great Depression, wartime service, long separations during Lloyd's 22-year military career, deaths of loved ones and decades of technological transformation.
They grew up on farms without electricity or refrigerators. When fall came, they killed a hog, salted the meat and ate pork all winter.
"The funny thing is how happy we were at that time," Elsie Hill said. "Everybody was living the same way."
Their family of three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren will hold a party in their honor Sept. 5.
SAN ANTONIO, -- A nonagenarian Texan couple, Elsie and Lloyd Hill, credit their 77-year marriage to "a lot of understanding, lot of love and a lot of prayers."
The couple, who met at Elsie Bell's 15th birthday dance in 1932 in Arkansas, celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary Friday at their San Antonio home, the Express-News reported. They are both now 94.
When they wed in 1933, gas was 10 cents a gallon and "King Kong" reigned at the box office.
Their marriage spanned the Great Depression, wartime service, long separations during Lloyd's 22-year military career, deaths of loved ones and decades of technological transformation.
They grew up on farms without electricity or refrigerators. When fall came, they killed a hog, salted the meat and ate pork all winter.
"The funny thing is how happy we were at that time," Elsie Hill said. "Everybody was living the same way."
Their family of three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren will hold a party in their honor Sept. 5.
