[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 53 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING EDDIE AND MARY EMMA CHERRY FOR SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF MARRIAGE

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 1, 2002

  Mr. TANNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a Tennessee couple who 
prove that love is still very much alive.
  Next month, Eddie and Mary Emma Cherry will celebrate the 62nd 
anniversary of the day they committed themselves to one another.
  Eddie, originally from Dover in Stewart County, and Mary Emma, 
originally from Danville in Houston County, met through a mutual friend 
in 1938. The pair met up again the following year when they both 
enrolled at Austin Peay State College--now named Austin Peay State 
University--in Clarksville, Tennessee.
  After becoming reacquainted, the two decided they wanted to spend 
their lives together, and they wedded June 1, 1940. Since then, the 
Cherrys have added to their family two sons, Charles and Don, a 
daughter, Ann, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  Over the years, Eddie and Mary Emma have undertaken numerous 
successful business ventures in West Tennessee but eventually returned 
to Dover. Eddie spent many years raising cattle and hogs and growing 
corn and hay. Mary Emma worked for years as a teacher and administrator 
at Dover Elementary School.
  The two are retired now and spend their days together.
  Mrs. Cherry has said of their marriage, ``Love is the basis of all of 
it. I never thought of not loving him.'' Mr. Cherry has added jokingly 
that his secret is in learning to agree with his wife. The couple says 
that now, as they celebrate more than six decades of union, their 
children should be planning a big party to celebrate their 70th 
anniversary.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask that you and our colleagues join me in 
applauding the marriage of my friends Eddie and Mary Emma Cherry and in 
wishing them many more years of happiness with their family and many 
friends who admire them greatly.

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