Cleveland T. Wilson, lovingly known as Murphy, and Lucinda Myers are the Internet’s most viral couple – and they don’t even know what viral means.
The 70-year-old man and his 67-year-old fiancé have recently become adored by audiences after their engagement photos went viral on Instagram.
Their whirlwind romance is fit for a couple of 17-year-olds (which
Wilson says he feels like), and when speaking exclusively with Yahoo Style, they certainly sounded young and in love.
Both
living in Huntsville, Alabama, Wilson and Myers were attending the same
church, where they began to take notice of each other. And although
Wilson wasn’t keen on making a move, he grabbed the attention of Myers
when he gave her a compliment one Sunday.
“When
he told me I looked really nice that morning, I said, ‘Oh, okay.’ It
was a shock but it kind of opened the door for me to know that he was
interested,” she says.
Wilson
was absent from church the following few weeks, which garnered more
interest from Myers. When he finally returned, she gained the courage to
ask him where his beautiful smile had been, which was met with a more
than friendly hug back. That morning they’ll remember as the moment that
God meant for them to connect, and from there, the fellow church
members moved toward becoming a couple.
“My
sister had invited Lucinda and her friend Nancy to come over, which
gave me more opportunity to talk to her some more,” Wilson says. “And we
did. I had a chance to take her home, and we talked some more and I got
her phone number and what not. And it’s just been one whirlwind
courtship after.”
Murphy and Lucinda dancing together during their photoshoot. (Photo: Gianna Snell)
The
official start of their relationship is marked as April of this year,
which was quickly followed by their engagement just a month later. And
with the wedding date set as July 29, it’s evident that the couple is ready to start their lives together.
“It’s
been very easy, very natural. It’s like we’ve known each other for a
long time, even though we haven’t. And you know, when you get to this
age, you don’t need a long time to recognize what’s in front of you,”
Wilson explains.
His
past relationship wasn’t much different. A 5-month courtship turned
into a 41-year marriage with his first wife, Antoinette. But once she
passed away, Wilson wasn’t sure that he’d find somebody that he loved
quite like her.
“I
just didn’t think it was possible to love that deeply again,” he says.
“I didn’t think it was gonna happen twice. I was dead wrong. This woman
is everything that I need at this point and time in my life, and I’m
grateful to God for putting us together.”