Couple celebrate diamond anniversary

Lucille and Norman Lawrence

Norman and Lucille Lawrence observe their 60th wedding anniversary on June 1. They will share their celebration with their six children, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Lawrence and his wife have spent five of their six decades together raising a family on Jamestown. They moved to the island in 1958, when their oldest, Norman Jr., was 10 years old. The other children are George, William, Timothy, Patricia and Janice.

Lawrence remembered the first time he saw his wife-to-be as if it were yesterday. Lucille lived in Florida with her sister.

Lawrence went to Sunday service at a church near the base where he was stationed. Looking across the sanctuary, he caught a glimpse of the face that would steal his heart Later, he purposefully bumped into her, and asked her if he could walk her home. The rest is history..