Jackie Walker Ewart, 67, and Calvin S. Ewart, 71, have been married 51 years.
They grew up living only a quarter-mile away from each other in Rockwell and met through the church.
Jackie notes that of the six couples, they were the only ones who had a church wedding ó although all the couples are members of Rockwell United Methodist Church.
“God has a lot to do with it,” says Calvin of their long marriage. They have two sons and eight grandchildren and are expecting a great-grandchild.
“Calvin is a very loving person,” Jackie says. “Anything I want, he tries to see I get.”
Jackie is outgoing and talks more than he does, Calvin says.
“I love her and I adore her,” he says. “I made a good pick.”
He says that she still walks him to the door and kisses him goodbye.
His advice to young people embarking on marriage is to go to church with each other and “do anything as a couple.”
“The only thing we ever did different was … I went hunting.”