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Will and Sybil Jackson
Remembering 36 years ofhappy wedded bliss
When a man asks a woman to be his wife
To grow with him; to share his life
He feels that he just couldn't love her more.
Yet, as they share their plans and dreams
Through every phase of life it seems
His love for her grows deeper than before.
Then, one day, he'll look into her eyes
And suddenly, he'll realise
Their early years were only just the start
Of a life-time full of dreams to share
Of a rich and lasting love affair
With the one he'll always love with all his heart.
It really seems but yesterday, when we stood
side by side
And heard the parson speak the words that made
us groom and bride
Though thirty plus six years have so
fast flown away
We're just the same old sweethearts as on
our wedding day.
Just what the future has in store, is notfor
us to know
The future is veiled to mortal eyes, and it is better so
But this we know, whatever betides,
we'll face it side by side
We'll never regret those words that made
us groom and bride.
Love makes every day a joy
Every moment a sweet memory.
Mr. Will and Mrs. Sybil Jackson.
Will and Sybil Jackson tied the nuptialknot in the most unusual and romantic of circumstances on January30, 1965 in, of all places, Jamaica.
"He just called me one day and asked me to meet him in Jamaica,"recalled Ms. Sybil over the phone late Thursday afternoon. Theirtrysting ground was to be the home of Ms. Sybil's younger sister,Greta, who was married and living in Jamaica.
A seaman all his life, Mr. Will was on his way home from Hollandat the time when the notion struck him. They were married at CollinsGreen Avenue in St. Andrew, at the home of Mr. Jim Russell, aJustice of the Peace.
He had just turned 42. She celebrated her 40th birthday closeto two weeks later, on February 13.
Though they had known each other almost all their lives, theyhad only started corresponding and going steady two years beforethey got married.
They had met through Mr. Will's cousin, Adelina, who was a goodfriend of Ms. Sybil's. The couple has no children.