Rodney and Bea Holton will celebrate 60 years of married bliss on Saturday, July 27.
They met at Florence Hill Elementary School and have been sweethearts ever since. However, they didn’t start dating until Bea was in the eighth grade and Rodney was in the 10th.
One Sunday morning in July of 1953 as they went to church, plans seemed to change or maybe not, as Bea had gone to her classroom, Rodney passed by the room and motioned for Bea to come out.
That Sunday morning was the beginning of a wonderful friendship which developed into a beautiful love affair. They headed for the bus station with plans to go to San Diego, Calif., to get married.
Somehow, on the bus ride to California they decided to stop off in Gila Bend, Ariz., and tie the knot, which they did before they would continue their trip to San Diego where Rodney had family.