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Centenarians Maintain Weekly Friday Breakfast Date


Married 80 years, Centenarian couple retains decades-long McDonald’s breakfast date custom

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Up to date: 9:36 PM CDT Jul 5, 2026

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A pair who’ve been married for 80 years nonetheless maintain a weekly Friday breakfast date at a McDonald’s in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.The Carrolls, John and Jerry, are each centenarians and say the custom has endured for many years, WTVF reported.John Carroll, a 101-year-old World Struggle II veteran, stated the couple eats breakfast collectively each Friday morning with buddies, and his order by no means adjustments. “For breakfast, we normally eat the Egg McMuffin with sausage,” John stated. However to make the breakfast favourite a little bit particular, they’ve a slice of tomato added to their sandwiches.Jerry Carroll stated she celebrated her one centesimal birthday final Sunday. And she or he stated additionally they not too long ago marked one other milestone: The couple marked their eightieth anniversary on April 18. Meaning they have been married longer than McDonald’s has been serving breakfast.Reflecting on their lengthy marriage, John stated the 2 have stayed collectively by way of ups and downs by treating one another properly and dealing exhausting. “Deal with your spouse good and, and, uh, attempt to, attempt to assist her all you may and and work exhausting. That is all we have had our ups and downs over time, however we nonetheless made it,” he stated.On the restaurant, the employees loves the Carrolls. “We simply love them. They have been right here for a very long time,” Christina Crisp, the shop’s common supervisor, stated. See extra of their story within the video participant above

A pair who’ve been married for 80 years nonetheless maintain a weekly Friday breakfast date at a McDonald’s in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The Carrolls, John and Jerry, are each centenarians and say the custom has endured for many years, WTVF reported.

John Carroll, a 101-year-old World Struggle II veteran, stated the couple eats breakfast collectively each Friday morning with buddies, and his order by no means adjustments.

“For breakfast, we normally eat the Egg McMuffin with sausage,” John stated. However to make the breakfast favourite a little bit particular, they’ve a slice of tomato added to their sandwiches.

Jerry Carroll stated she celebrated her one centesimal birthday final Sunday.

And she or he stated additionally they not too long ago marked one other milestone: The couple marked their eightieth anniversary on April 18. Meaning they have been married longer than McDonald’s has been serving breakfast.

Reflecting on their lengthy marriage, John stated the 2 have stayed collectively by way of ups and downs by treating one another properly and dealing exhausting.

“Deal with your spouse good and, and, uh, attempt to, attempt to assist her all you may and and work exhausting. That is all we have had our ups and downs over time, however we nonetheless made it,” he stated.

On the restaurant, the employees loves the Carrolls.

“We simply love them. They have been right here for a very long time,” Christina Crisp, the shop’s common supervisor, stated.

See extra of their story within the video participant above

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