Bob Barr: “50 years ago this Saturday, Grover Hobbs and Lorene Fincher were married in Heard County, GA. After Grover served 7…”

“50 years ago this Saturday, Grover Hobbs and Lorene Fincher were married in Heard County, GA. After Grover served 7 years as a gunner in World War II, he went to work for Lorene's father, where they first met. After they wed, they lived on a small farm in Harrisonville, GA, and every day Grover commuted to Hapeville, GA, to work for Ford Motor Co. During this time, Lorene worked at Callaway Mills until she decided to quit in order to raise their three children. In 1975, Grover and Lorene sold the farm and went to work for Milliken Mills until their retirement in the late 1980's. In addition to working hard and raising a great family, the Hobbses helped to found the Harrisonville Baptist Church in which, as a church service, they regularly visit the local nursing home. It is extremely heart warming, Mr. Speaker, to see two people so devoted to church, their family, and of course to each other. Their commitment truly personifies what marriage ought to be. I would like to extend the warmest of congratulations to Grover and Lorene Hobbs for years past and years to come of a happy and healthy marriage on their 50th wedding anniversary.”