HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. - A couple in Habersham County is celebrating their 70th anniversary this Christmas Eve.
Clinton and Alice Savage's story began at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at the age of 14 in the 1940s. When asked if it was love at first sight, the couple quickly replied with "no", and then laughed.
While it wasn't the "I knew as soon as we locked eyes" kind of beginning, their love soon flourished.Back then, meeting up or talking wasn't as simple as hopping in a car or picking up a phone. "She lived about 12 miles from me.
I had to walk. But if I played it right, there was a creek I had to cross and the Chattahoochee River. If I could find a place on the creek that I could roll my pants up and wade across, I could cut off a.