sweet story-after 75 years.couple dies within 5 hours of each other

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/561588.html
After 75 years of marriage, Fort Worth couple died 5 hours apart

J.C. and Josie Cox wed on Christmas Day 1932.


FORT WORTH -- The routine was familiar to the family and friends of J.C. and Josie Cox.

When the couple visited, they'd sit a spell and talk, perhaps for an hour, maybe two. Then, without saying a word, Mr. Cox would stand up, grab his hat and coat, and silently walk to the front door. It was his way of saying he was ready to go, and Mrs. Cox, his wife of 75 years, always followed.

Last week, at an Arlington nursing home, Mr. Cox, 100, clutching his wife's hand, died of complications from pneumonia. Five hours later, Mrs. Cox, 96, followed her husband. She had suffered from a heart condition.

[blue neen]

1. Oh my, that story has my hair standing on end.

It seems like such a rare thing in our society today to see such closeness and true dedication last for so many years. RIP to them both.

[coriolis]

2. 5 hours is pretty rare but close behind - days or weeks- happens a lot.

It really isn't surprising, if you think about it.
:-)

[ldf]

3. i have no idea of the dynamics of their relationship

but i DO believe that two people can be so close, especially after many, many years of living together, that they DO become one... and are in fact, incomplete without the other.

their passing together is understandable, and beautiful.

[mac2]

8. My grandparents a year of each other....

after they went to Florida to live with one of their daughters. They were put in a nursing home and separated after 60 plus years of marriage. The son-in-law needed their money.

I will never forgive them for their cruel treatment.

[Staph]

4. My mother's neighbors, Henry and Ann,

immigrated to the US from Germany after WWII. Ann developed Alzheimer's, and was finally moved to a nursing home last spring. Henry, in his early 80s, could not care for her by himself, and she was pretty well gone mentally. Six months later, Henry died of a heart attack. Ann was not told (she wouldn't even remember Henry), but she died a week later.

[malaise]

5. Lovely story

The grandparents of one of my closest friends died like this. Her grandma died at home one Thursday morning and her grandpa lay next to her, refused to move and died a few hours later. They were married 72 years. We do have these rare love stories - 'til death do us part.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Poetic. Romantic. Joyful.

100 and 96.

No sadness there.

[tularetom]

dupey doo

[tularetom]

7. My dad and mom were married for 66 years

and died within 4 weeks of each other.

[w8liftinglady]

9. I love stories like this.I'm divorced,and would die for that kind of devotion..

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. Kick.

[lonestarnot]

11. That is a very sweet story.

[eridani]

12. Even though a marriage today has a 50% chance of ending in divorce--

--along with that your chances of celebrating a 75th, and even a 50th, anniversary are also dramatically higher. Behind both statistics--the driving factor is increasing longevity.

[greyghost]

13. Touching and poetic.