Herdercine & Joe Nash

Over 60 years ago, 20-year-old Joe Nash was surprised by his little brother running through the front door, excitedly talking about how he must meet the pretty girl he’d seen on his way to the store. Joe put on his Sunday best and ran down to the store to introduce himself. That girl is now Herdercine Nash, his wife of 63 years. Now 83 and 85, the couple is still just as romantic as their love story.

“My parents still kiss every day. They hold hands all the time. Sometimes they put on their old vinyl records and dance in their pajamas to the oldies in the living room, to Sam Cooke’s ‘You Send Me’ and others. Sadly now, my dad is suffering with Alzheimer’s,” their daughter, Sharon Nash Alexander, says. “However, this has not stopped these lovebirds. My mom takes care of him. She has to shave him, cook for him and help him take his meds and shower. She says she married for better or worse, in sickness and in health.”