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That unforgettable, one person. And, if it’s true that a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the stories this picture could tell.
We did. That’s 93-year-old Clarence Purvis enjoying lunch with his late wife, Miss Carolyn.
The photo out of Reidsville is now making the rounds on social media. But it’s the story behind the picture that is truly unforgettable.
Clarence met his one true love in 1948. She was just 16 years old. Carolyn Todd was a Glennville High School senior when 24-year-old Clarence swept her off her feet. The two married the next year. And would spend the next 63 building a life, building a family and building a love like few will never know.
For the last 13 years, Clarence and Carolyn have dined at one of Reidsville’s hottest lunch spots, Smith’s Restaurant.
“Ain’t nobody loved one another more than me and my wife loved one another,” Clarence tells me. “I wanted what she wanted and she wanted what I wanted.”
In October of 2013, she stopped coming with Clarence. Well, sort of. You see, Clarence was not giving up his lunch partner.
“She was always with me when we were livin’. She’s with me now.”
Since then, you will still find Clarence at his favorite table enjoying the day’s special, with the love of his life.
“He’s a part of this restaurant. He is a part,” says Joyce James, the restaurant’s owner.
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