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LOVE STORIES

realize that she’d forgotten her slip, but she had to find a express this love with acts of kindness and love notes left
dress! She chose a baby blue gabardine suit with a white at each other’s place at the table or on a pillow. Marvin
silk and lace blouse with a black bow, a sequined black still sings love songs to Dorothy like "You Belong to My
hat, and black heels. Heart,” "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," and
"Room Full of Roses." And Dorothy still lives with the
Marvin had arranged with Dr. C. A. Bickley of Asbury man of her dreams in the little house they fixed up in 1941.
Methodist Church to marry them at their parsonage.
Heavy rains that day led to muddy roads, but despite
the inclement weather, so many came to the parsonage Marvin and Dorothy Looney were married 74 years last
that they all went to the church so as not to ruin Mrs. November 2021. Marvin went to be with the Lord on
Bickley’s floor. Dorothy had always wanted a church December 20, 2021, but he continued to serenade Dorothy
wedding! She marched down the aisle on Marvin's arm, to the very end.
carrying a white Bible with white gardenias and satin
streamers. Earlier in the day, she had run into her old
piano teacher, Mrs. Hays, who’d agreed to provide music
for the occasion. She sang "Always" and "You Belong to
My Heart.”
The newlyweds spent the night at the Lubbock Hotel and
the next night in Grants, NM. Fifteen hundred miles later,
they arrived in Lewiston, Idaho. Marvin kept his promise
to his buddy but surprised him with a wife. His buddy
had to cancel several dates he'd made for Marvin!

When the couple returned home, they lived with
Marvin's parents until they could fix up a tiny house with
an outdoor toilet. They built onto that little house twice Senior safety and
as their family grew.
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