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Spurgeon and Alethea Peay recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary.

They overcame several obstacles to wed before Spurgeon left for WWII.

The Peays built their marriage on love, faith and compromise.

The Peays’ neighbors and even the staff at their retirement home can’t recall another couple that's ever celebrated an 80 th anniversary.

Remarkably, Spurgeon and Alethea Peay’s memories of their wedding day are just as impressive as their longevity and their love.

Alethea turned 100 in June, and Spurgeon will celebrate his 99th birthday in December. As the pair sat side-by-side on their sofa at Village Crossing Retirement Community in Louisville, they held hands and took turns finishing stories for each other. Age had wrinkled their skin, diminished his

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