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| Mr & Mrs Wille K. Gordon, Sr. Photo Courtesy: Glynis Venron Gordon |
"How often is it that a brother and sister celebrate their golden wedding anniversary together with their spouses" My maternal aunt Alma "Mandy" Richardson Gordon and her husband Willie K. Gordon, Sr did. Her brother Alexander Richardson and his wife, Melissa Wheat Richardson. The two anniversaries brought their two families together for this joyous occasion. I was so happy that Glynis Vernon Gordon shared the photographs with me. The golden anniversary is one of the most celebrated wedding anniversaries. Our family have a large number of family members whom have been married over thirty years.
Just recently, my Uncle Henry and his wife Aunt Sarah celebrated their golden anniversary. It's so beautiful to see our family celebrating the jubilee of their marriage. Surrounded by their children, grandchildren, family members, and friends. Anyone who had been married knows without a shadow of a doubt that it can be challenging. These couples raised their children, they laughed, and they cried together. No matter what they weathered the storms to remain faithful to their vows.
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| Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Richardson Photo Courtesy: Glynis Vernon Gordon |
Not everyone gets an opportunity to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary for two reasons; divorce and the death of a spouse. "I know if anyone would've asked them what was the key to their marriage?" The first thing they each would've told us is; put "God" first, to listen and respect one another. It's so beautiful to see my great aunts and uncles.
I can only imagine what this beautiful day was like for them. "Looking at their beautiful children and grandchildren, daughters-in-law, and sons-in-law fifty years later. Aunt Mandy's smile said it all. She was just as happy as she was fifty-years ago when she married her handsome guy. This is the kind of love that we need to see. Both couples fell in love fifty years old and kept loving each other to death did them apart. My grandfather Jasper Harrell, Sr., died in 1962; he and my grandmother married in 1931. After my grandmother didn't remarried after my grandfather passed away, she remained a widow until her death. Most of my uncles on the Harrell side of my family passed away before their wives. Their wives remain widows until this very day. All of my uncle's wife is living except for my Aunt Primose Bennett Harrell.
I certainly want to thank Glynis Vernon Gordon for sharing these photographs with me. I told her that I would post them in one of my blogs. I hope that other family members would share photographs with us.
