Show 3 Brides o oWed of 64 Wed Men Over 74 In Old Mississippi Aggregate Age of Participants Participants Participants pants at Triple Wedding Is Years a By The Tie Tel N Nan Santee GULl GULFPORT PORT Miss Dec 1 In I.-In In three small rooms overlooking the gulf of Mexico and the lawn upon which Jefferson Davis strolled in his last ast years ears three old couples just couples just married married have have started housekeeping anew The youngest bride Is 64 years of age the youngest groom Is 74 The three couples staged a triple wedding and each participant had been married mar mar- married ried before The brides and grooms were inmates of the Jefferson Davis Beauvoir soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' sol sol- sol sol- diers' diers home honie an institution dedicated to making comfortable the declining years of the veterans and widows of veterans of the confederate states Elnathan Tartt superintendent of the home was informed that three lonely veterans and three lonely widows wanted to marry They blushingly blushingly blush blush- agreed to a triple ceremony and it was held on the wide porch of the old Davis mansion The aggregate aggregate aggregate gate number of years lived by the six participants is W W. H H. H Benton 74 took as his bride Mrs Sarah Cronkhite 69 J J. J V. V linger 75 married Mrs Alice Allee Weeks 64 J. J L. L 74 was wed to Mrs Rebecca Rivers 65 66 Both Mr Benton and his wife have been married twice before Mr was a a. one onetime onetime onetime time widower Mrs has buried burled two husbands Mr and Mrs have each been married once before Mrs first husband died at Beauvoir There were few fe wedding presents i gifts were hardly expected However the three cou couples les are to be guests of I honor at th l f Mississippi Mississippi centennial exposItion exposition exposition ex ex- ex- ex position on Confederate Veteran day They will also get 13 a pass to the centennial amusements and that counts for something Mississippi's centennial is a a. year away but the brides and grooms believe they have many years b before fore them and all they have lave to do is to spend a protracted honeymoon at Beauvoir minus Beauvoir-minus minus any worry about the high cost of living |