According to the reports it was 1952 that the couple first locked eyes at a county dance, a moment that they'd describe to their children as love at first sight.
When Ed Hale asked his future wife's parents for her hand in marriage, she had just been in an awful car accident and a long journey to recovery was ahead. They said no, but he persisted, telling them, "I will care for her the rest of my life if I have to."
