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"I never bought a valentine for Warren,
I always made them myself," she said.
"Sometimes I'd make them at work, which I
shouldn't have been doing."
e paper on those valentines is faded now,
the frilly lace glued to the edges is frayed.
But still Warren has saved every single one
of them tucked away in the top drawer of a
dresser.
When they met, she was a country girl from
Eastover whose widowed mother had raised
seven children on the family farm.
"He was a city boy," she said.
"My dad told me I needed to find a country
girl,'' he added.
ey fell in love while hovering high in the
air on a Ferris wheel at the county fair.
"She was the aggressive one," Warren said.
"She had to have a kiss."
ey were married at his brother's house
in Cedar Creek, then set about the business
of making a life together. He spent a lifetime
being dependable, finishing a long career at
Southern Gin and Grain. She worked on Fort
Bragg in personnel at the Post Exchange. ey
raised a son, Daniel, and have two grandsons
and five great-grandsons and are members of
Hay Street United Methodist Church.
Georgia was a good cook, using the kind of
ingredients on which she was raised, featuring
lots of fruits and vegetables.
"ey are extraordinary people," said
Sandra Wiggins, who helps care for the
couple. "She's the smartest 90-something-old
I've ever seen. She's got that spirit."
"I'm bony, but I'm tough," Georgia added.
Back in the day, the Hedgepeths were
members of three different square-dancing
clubs, promenading and do-si-doing all over
the state.
Warren has saved every homemade
Valentine's Day card Georgia made
for him.
Georgia searches through the family
Bible to confirm their anniversary
date.
