Married in 1952, 94-year-old didn t get to try on a wedding dress until 2021
Martha Mae Ophelia Moon Tucker, 94, just had a dream moment that took nearly 70 years to come true. Author: WHAS11 Digital Content Staff Published: 2:58 PM CDT July 11, 2021 Updated: 3:38 PM CDT July 11, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Martha Mae Ophelia Moon Tucker, 94, just had an experience nearly 70 years in the making. It s something women across the country do without question today but was a novel experience for this great-grandmother.
For the very first time, Tucker was able to try on a wedding dress.
This dream moment came about when Tucker was recently watching ‘Coming to America’, one of her favorite movies, with one of her granddaughters. During the wedding scene, the granddaughter said she heard her grandmother whisper, “I’ve always wanted to try on a wedding dress.”
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A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother’s lifelong dream of wearing a wedding dress was fulfilled, 70 years after her marriage.
As
Martha Mae Ophelia Moon Tucker watched the wedding scene in the movie
Coming 2 America, she whispered something under her breath that made her granddaughter’s ears perk up.
“I’ve always wanted to try on a wedding dress,” Tucker said, which gave her granddaughter
Angela Strozier an idea.
“She said she never wore a wedding dress when she got married,’’ Strozier said. “I said, ‘That’s no problem.’ She kinda brushed me off. She didn’t think I would do it.”
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