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Area couples find long-lasting love
Some find mates early in life while other discover second chances
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John and Ina Mae Pearce, who were widowed, met at Lanier Village Estates in 2005. The couple was married in December 2005.
Don Elrod, 72, of Oakwood, remembers the moment 53 years ago when he first laid eyes on his wife. “I was a soda jerk in the Dixie Drug Store in the old Dixie Hunt Hotel in downtown Gainesville,” Elrod said. “There was a beauty shop in the hotel at that time.