A 71-year-old married Georgian couple dies on the same day: "They are together in paradise"

A Georgia couple was married for 71 years before dying side by side on Friday at exactly 12 o'clock.

Herbert Delaigle, 94, died at 2:20 pm and his wife, Marilyn, 88, died at 2:20 pm, according to DeLoach McKerley-Prescott funeral homes.

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"It's amazing how they've been together for 71 years and now they're together in paradise," said the family in a statement to WRDW. "What an incredible love story!"

Herbert was a retired sergeant from the United States Army after serving during the Second World War and the wars of Korea and Vietnam. Together, they lived in several states during his service, including six years in Germany. They worked side by side at Marilyn's Nursery for several years. They were members of the Baptist Church of Botsford and the Senior Citizen Club of the church, according to their obituaries.

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The couple's caretaker, Sharon Gibbons Brown, said that "it was a blessing" to take care of the couple who were living a love story like the one we only see in movies.

"They lived together, were loved together, laughed together and pbaded the same day," Brown wrote in a Facebook post in the couple's honor.

"To God be the glory for such an opportunity," he added, "that may not seem so bad for some, but for me it is priceless."

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The Waynesboro couple leaves six children, 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Last year, when they celebrated their 70th birthday, they told local news that they met at a cafe in their hometown at the age of 22 and 16.

"Frances worked at a little cafe we ​​had in Waynesboro called White Way Cafe," Herbert told WRDW. "I saw her constantly coming in and out and I was staring at her. And then I finally had the courage to ask her if she would go out with me from time to time.

Their first date was at the movies and a year later he asked the question.

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"I asked her if she had me as husband and she said, of course," Herbert said.

Brown said that she could see their love from the moment she met them.

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"When I met them, I found them so cute, the way they had placed their recliners one beside the other while smiling and looking each other in the eyes while they were there. were talking, "she writes online, adding a precious memory of the first night with them.

"They were awake, holding hands around 4 am and telling themselves how much they loved each other," she said. "They smiled, laughed and played like teenagers falling in love for the first time."