Meet An “Amazing” Couple Who Proves That Love Lasts

A.J. & Lillie Reeves, at 105 and 96, on the anniversary of their 78 years of marriage, became the 2019 Virginia winners of Worldwide Marriage Encounter’s Longest Married Couple Project, officially recognized in the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record.

The couple met the first time when Lillie was still a pre-teen, but it was several years before they met again – at which point A.J. said that the sun shone brighter on that day than on any other. The two married when Lillie was 18.

A.J. worked all his life, retiring at 80 from being an electrician and plumber. In addition to building the couple’s family home, A.J. built much of his local church, without charging a dime. Lillie too worked, both inside the home, making all the families’ clothes, and managing the local school cafeteria. Their son, Alphonse, believes that his parents’ mutual respect and commitment both to each other and to their family, is – in addition to their love for each other – are the essential ingredients that have made for such a long term happy marriage.

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