Abshires celebrate golden anniversary

Truman James Abshire and Lona Fay Hebert are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on October 17, 1964.
Truman and Lona owned and operated a successful auto repair business for 33 years until they retired in December, 2002. The business continues on under the ownership of their son, Brady J. Abshire.
Truman and Lona had three children. They are Monica Lynn Harrington (age 49), married to Mark Preston Harrington of Abbeville, Brady James Abshire (age 45), married to Melinda Lynn Theriot of Nunez and Karmen Elizabeth Abshire (age 35), formerly married to Kenneth James Bodin of Abbeville.
They also have eight grandchildren and step grandchildren. They are Holly Meaux Husser, Lauren Mae Theriot, Loni Fay Lemaire, Paige Nicole Abshire, Lindsay Elizabeth Bodin, Mollie Renee Abshire, Emily Claire Abshire and Abigail Alyce Bodin. And as of 2014, they have three step great-grandchildren, Sadie Jane Husser, Georgia Lynn Husser and Jackson Keith Husser.

They are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in good health and surrounded by all of their family.
The following poem was written by their daughter, Karmen.

The Golden Years
Fifty years, what an achievement?
Love like that, must be Heaven-sent.
For us three, the greatest day in history
Will always be the day you two met in ’63.
One year later in October ‘64,
You pledged your life in love, happiness and more.
Always willing to lend an ear,
To those of us you hold so dear.
Sunday mornings listening to Camey Doucet,
Saturday nights with Aunts and Uncles playing Booray.
Weekends at the camp on the Jean-Marie,
Every August a family trip to the beach in OB.
Sunday dinners with the fam,
Mom never needed Emeril’s BAM!
Feeding his animals come rain or shine,
Dad passing the bottle of his homemade wine.
Repairing cars, most of his life,
A successful business run by a man and his wife.
These precious memories of our past,
Will be in our hearts ‘til we breathe our last.
And even though half a century has passed,
Your love was made for a century to last.
Thanking God for the last 50 years and wishing you more wonderful anniversaries to come,