Arthur and Josephine Brown, 85 and 84, celebrated 65 years of marriage on Thanksgiving after both beating COVID-19.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE >>> THERE IS EXTRA REASON FOR A FAVORABLE FAMILY TO GIVE THANKS. TODAY, THEY CELEBRATED DECADES OF LOVE. >> THEY ARE ALSO CELEBRATING DAYS OF ENDURANCE AGAINST A DEADLY VIRUS. WRAL'S ADAM OWENS SHARES THEIR STORY. >> Reporter: MR. AND MRS. BROWN MAKE A STRONG TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER, MARRIED FOR 65 YEARS, THE MOST RECENT TEST OF THAT STRENGTH CAME WHEN THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. >> WE WERE TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: AS A YOUNG MAN, ARTHUR BROWN WAS RIDING HIS BIKE SELLING CANDY ONE DAY WHEN HIS EYE LANDED ON SOMETHING MUCH SWEETER. >> SHE LOOKED GOOD. >> Reporter: JOSEPHINE BROWN SAID HE WAS NOT SHY ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS. >> I DIDN'T KNOW HIM, HE DIDN'T KNOW ME, HE JUST CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED ME THAT I WANT TO GET MARRIED AND I SAID YES. >> Reporter: THEY WERE MARRIED AT THE COURTHOUSE, 65 YEARS LATER, FAMILY MEMBERS CELEBRATE THAT MOMENT AT THEIR HOME IN FAYETTEVILLE. WITH THEIR OWN THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, WRAPPING THEMSELVES IN THAT ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE, BECAUSE THEY WORRIED THEY COULD'VE BEEN TAKEN AWAY. >> WE GOT TESTED AND THEY SAID WE HAD IT. POSITIVE. >> Reporter: LAST MONTH, MR. BROWN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR DAYS EMMA FIGHTING A COVID-19 INFECTION. >> IT MADE ME WEAK, COULD MEET. I HAD NO APPETITE. >> Reporter: 85 YEARS OLD, HE FOUGHT BACK, BUT JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING THE HOSPITAL, MRS. BROWN TESTED POSITIVE AND WAS ADMITTED. AT 84 YEARS OLD, SHE TOO WAS FORCED TO FIGHT HER WAY BACK ON HER OWN. >> THEY WOULDN'T LET ANYBODY GO SEE HER, THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP CALM. >> Reporter: THEY NEVER DOUBTED THEY WOULD MAKE IT BACK HERE. THANKSGIVING WITH FAMILY, CELEBRATING 65 YEARS TOGETHER. I ASKED MRS. BROWN IF IT FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN THAT LONG. >> ASKED MR. AND MRS. BROWN IF COVID-19 WAS THE TOUGHEST THING THEY HAD EVER BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER. THEY WERE SO SURE ABOUT THAT AND REMINDED ME, THEY'D BEEN TOGETHER FOR 65 YEARS. YOU GO THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER AND THAT KIND OF TIME. ADAM OWENS, WRAL NEWS , FAYETTEVILLE. >> THEY ARE VERY CUTE, VERY SWEET COUPLE TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY, THE FAMILY PREPARED
