Kicker - Starting life at 95

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s never too late to make a lifetime commitment.

Just ask John Shults and Joy Morrow-Nulton. Not even dating during Covid could keep them apart.

John’s son Pete told television station WBTV:

SHULTS: Perseverance. They would call everyday. They’d find a way to get together. But they did whatever it took.

The two had a lot in common. Both of them twice widowed. Both of them active in their churches. They liked the same music of the 1940s, especially Perry Como. And each the same age: 95!

And they each found life without a companion to be empty.

John asked Joy several times if she’d marry him. She finally said yes when she realized how much she missed him when snow days kept them apart.

And so on May 22nd, in front of 50 guests, they tied the knot.

JOY: Until death do us part.

As Joy later put it: “Nobody starts life at 95. But we did!”

PASTOR: I declare you husband and wife!

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