Air Force. “I came back and I was assigned to Eglin, which is about 45 miles from Pensacola. She lived in Pensacola.” “First time he stopped in Pensacola,


he got caught,” Jeannie chuckled. She shares their story. “My neighbor and I had gone to a


movie, (my girlfriend next door). We had gone to see the movie, and when the movie was over, we walked back home and got her dad’s car and went to the famous drive-in. We were parked and they came up,” Jeannie said. “We were the only two cars out there. He told the waitress when she came up to the car, ‘Ask those girls what their name and phone number is.’ “She came over and I said my phone


number was 5678 — which it was — but I didn’t give him my name. But then when we left, he followed us home. That’s where it all began.” “I thought she was good-looking, and


then I found out she was beautiful, and I went back for another date and then another one,” Oscar laughed. “I guess I found what I wanted, and she still has me. Everything has worked out.”


Together, almost always Oscar and Jeannie have almost


Oscar and Jeannie Sims are reflected in a 37-year-old photograph of themselves. Through 62 years of marriage the couple has only been apart when Oscar was in the service.


always been together during their mar- riage — almost.


24 Living Well i February/March 2015


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