Always And Forever Matrimony-dom: This Couple Proved Black Love Can Be Lasting

Posted on June 1st, 2011 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: A "Lil Positivity", Congratulations, Coupled Up, News, Old Heads, R.I.P.

Herbert And Zelmyra Fisher

Last year we told you about the world’s longest married couple Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher who were signed up on Twitter as @longestmarried and participated in a Valentine’s Day chat with fellow “tweethearts” where they dispensed relationship advice.

We were sad to learn that Herbert Fisher died this year on February 27 at the age of 105, just three months shy of the couples’ 87th anniversary (May 13th). 103-year-old Zelmyra is still living.

Check out more pictures of the happy couple:

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  • JM@gic(Trini Boy 4 Life)

    what was the point of that headline

  • MaryJane

    Beautiful! sadly she wil follow when you been with someone that long you can’t live with out them but really it won’t be sad she will be going home with her hubby!

  • Daniel

    You know what? That would be a dream come true. To find a partner to live, grow old and die with. There isnt a whole lot more a man can ask for in life. Living and Dying in Love!

  • veryfunny

    awww!she might not last for long though,cos thats how these couples that have been married for long are,when one dies the other is eager to go meet up,God bless her,and may his soul rest in peace.

  • tg

    I’m all choked up. God Bless them

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  • kerry (black women, who who who taught you how to be so gorgeous?)

    To get 300+ posts.

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  • lt

    awww…may he r.i.p. i read about this couple earlier in this year and was amazed at their longevity of marriage and age.

  • chrissy17

    why are you even on here to give your lil racist comment to get your day…okay now u can start your day racist….

  • Shannon

    THIS WAS A GREAT STORY…..IT SHOWS THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO WILL LOVE YOU!! DO NOT SETTLE FOR LESS…

  • Independent Woman

    Beautiful, just beautiful.

  • Nana

    All I wonna know is, were they still getting it in before he died?

  • Darlin

    Good for them…….good for them!

    @ Shannon, you rite…. I don’t plan on settling for anything less than what is best for me and mine.

  • http://www.aol.com Ben

    I wonder why I am not being allowed to post my comment yet they allow racist bigot yea right to post.

  • Yup!

    Simply beautiful and sweet!

  • G.M.

    these two expired a$$ ppl were from a different generation compared to the modern day man/woman…dont fool urself ladies thinking this EXCEPTION is the RULE ;-)

  • TrulyGolden

    This couple along with my grandparent (married 52 years) give me hope that my marriage can be long lasting. This was truly a blessed couple to even live as long as they have, now these are people I would take advice. Experts in their own rights through experience.

  • Wow!!!

    It’s sad when you can have a post where the entire blog has something nice to say!!! The devil is very busy these days and for the ones with the negative things to say, Satan is working on you for sure! They are indeed a beautiful couple, and they both look good for their age in the pics above. RIP (husband)!!!!

  • Wow!!!

    Sorry I meant to say “can’t have a post”

  • http://www.aol.com Ben

    Too true and sad some people have no respect for themselves but be warned that many white people are now posting racist posts on black blogs you see it on black voices, MN and essence.

  • http://Bossip.com Eddie

    We need to see more of this.

  • ReallyNow

    Great story…they don’t make black women like Zelmyra anymore.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    This is one of those stories where we should leave a comment even if you just say “nice story”. That is if you want more stories like this as opposed to the race baiting ones.

  • Christian

    Nice
    story

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    “TROLL ALERT’ TROLL ALERT’ ‘TROLL ALERT’ TROLL ALERT’ ‘TROLL ALERT”BE ON THE LOOK-OUT ‘TROLL ALERT” ANYTIME ITS SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT BLACKS.. ‘TROLL ALERT’ ‘TROLL ALERT’!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @bEN.. I KNOW THATS RIGHT AND YOU CAN TELL WHEN THEY ARE WHITE TROLLING ALL UP IN HERE TRYING TO BE SLICK WITH THAT RACIST CRAP EVERYDAY!

  • always knew

    beautiful blk love..

    beautiful couple.. :)

    May their union and their children, grands, continue to be blessed..

  • Yea right

    Who cares if you love yourself or not? See not one black man came to your defense just like they do on Jerry Springer and Maury. SO what if white people kill each other? At least we don’t do it and spray kids with bullets in broad day light like 90% of you do! School shootings are rare but black people robbing shooting stealing is common. That’s why the prison system is full of more blacks than whites even though there are more of us here.

  • Allie

    Wow 84 years, that’s too much for me to comprehend, right now i can’t even imagine being married to someone for 10 years nonetheless 84, they do deserve to be commended

  • JaZzIe91

    *about to tear up*

    Wow thats amazing. They really loved each other. RIP to the husband.

  • http://bossip Glow

    THEY ARE CUTE.. CONGRATS POPPY AND GRANNY..LOVE AVAILITH MUCH…LOL

  • http://bossip Glow

    AM SORRY R.I.P TO THE HUSBAND.. DIDNT READ WHOLE ARTICLE AT FIRST…TRULY A INSPIRATION TO SOME…

  • Unico

    Nice to hear

    This reminds me of my own grandparents who also were together from childhood to old age until my grandma died a few months before.

    I wonder why people don’t want to “grow old together” anymore, it is always about “moving to the next best thing” and then so on and so on.

  • Tarnisha

    Now where is she going to get that good joog from?

  • VelazquezSally

    I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, ForPenny.com

  • Ess

    This is is response to “Yea Right”…Yes, there are more blacks in prison than whites. Blacks usually get longer sentences than whites. Even though the U.S. Sentencing Commission sets guidelines to prohibit such bias, disparities still exist. The percentage of whites in prison dropped from about 60% in 1984 to about 35% in 2002. I don’t think it’s because of whites not breaking the law, it’s because Hispanics are being sent to prison on Immigration offenses. So it’s not because whites are better than blacks in this game, it’s because discrimination still exists…..

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @yea right.. bytch please .. you damn right i love my self and my blackness .. i aint asking for your gd opinion on me skank.. go su-k a d-k bytch!! and any damn fool like you you stupid idiot ought to have sense to know why its so many black men in jail .. ya dumb azz! FU_K YOU! and i dont give a damn about you or your gd ranting and raving on here go eff yourself bytch!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @yea right.. FU-K YOU BYTCH.. FU-K YOU BYTCH… FU-K YOU BYTCH… AND ANOTHER FU-K YOU BYTCH.. I SAW YOUR UGLY AZZ FACE AND MY COMP WENT CRAZY.. SO FU-K YUO BYTCH.. TALKING STUPID CRAP ABOUT NO MAN COMING TO MY DEFENSE.. BYTCH THIS IS A BLOG .. I GIVE LESS THAN A FU-K ABOUT A DEFENSE .. I CARRY MY OWN BACK.. SO FU-K YOU AND ANY BODY THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.. SHAME ON THEM BYTCH!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @eSS.. DONT TRY TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO THAT H.O. @YEA RIGHT.. THAT IS A TROLL UP IN HERE POSTING A BUNCH OF SMACK TO GET POSTS.. BYTCH DONT EVEN BELIEVE HIS OWN CRAP HE IS TALKING ABOUT.. POSTING OUT THE SIDE OF HIS NECK.. JUST A UGLY DUMB AZZ!AND YOU KNOW THE DUMB BYTCH IS ONE OF THOSE REGULAR SKANKS UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME.. HOW ALL OF A SUDDEN A BYTCH NAME @YEA RIGHT GONNA JUST COME ALL OUT OF NOWHERE TALKING SH-T.. MOST NEW PEOPLE DONT COME LIKE THAT.. THAT BYTCH IS A BUSTER AND A CRANK!

  • http://www.aol.com Ben

    IGNORE THE TROLLS EVERY BLACK BLOG IS SAYING THE SAME THING THAT RACISTS ARE TARGETING BLACK BLOGS THESE DAYS.
    OUR COUPLES REMAIN BEAUTIFUL BARACK AND MICHELLE, COURTNEY AND ANGELA, BISHOP TD JAKES AND ZEMELYA, WILL AND JADA,DENZEL AND PAULETTA,ERIC HOLDER AND SHARON MALONE-BLACK LOVE RULES THE HATERS CAN DROP DEAD

  • Yea right

    Sorry I don’s speak chimp and obviously you were chimping out. Stop the conspiracy black men are in jail because they are no good. Typical of black women to support dead beats. Good job for holding up your race black women.

  • Ess

    To Rose by Any Other Name: I have to wonder if YEA RIGHT knows that we are not born to hate, we are taught to hate. It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. I don’t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. PEACE!!!!

  • Yea right

    OOOOoo AH ah ah ooo ooo ah ah ah ah ah!!! See I can do what you do too.

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @Ben.. I hear you, and i will always uphold beautiful black love… no way can these white racist bytches ever turn me against my race like some do! Just some of the stupid crap they get on here and say has no merit at all, makes no sense and anybody with eyes can see that whites are way more messed up than blacks.. they spend 2/3 of theri time trying to keep us down when they need to look at their own mis-fortunates and dysfuntionals in their race! its a lot of them thats for sure and now they are coming all out of the woddwork.. everyday its a white person doing some crazy crap and molesting kids and killing thier kids.. they need to take a good look in the mirror!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @Ess.. you are so right and i know those racist fools know what you are saying is true, but they love to sit behind a comp and spread their hatred which is nothing but jealousy , because any time a race of people talk crap and hate a race like they do blacks .. it has to be inbreded jealousy bottled up with stupidity! PEACE to you ESS… keep up your common sense .. need more like you on here.. keep the trolls away from you!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @yea right.. so you can do what i do.. ???????????????? what the h3ll does that make you…???? how old are you 12??? you need a life and you are making me sick even responding to your dumb azz posts.. im out!!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    yea right… STFU BYTCH!!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @ yea right .. you can what i do???????? WTF? how old are you anyway?? 12!!!!!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    Im out .. this troll @yea right is giving me the flukes… a 12 year old idiot!

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    @peppa.. good because these trolls and idiots like @yea right make you not even want to comment oh here .. at all.. i know they have ran a lot of good commenting folks off here.. its just ridiculous!! and a idiot troll with a name @gappin azzhole.. WTF!!????????? bunch of foolishness!

  • The duke of York

    What adorable monkeys. Just Obama and his wife. Curled lips and flat noses, how attractive.

  • bouyant

    wow! beautiful couple, there’s hope for me, by the way they both looked about 80 not 100s wow!

  • sportstalk23

    Beautiful and long life these too lived together although once again even in a positive story about blacks on a black site no less some folks cant help but show their azz SMH

  • Peppa

    HELLO KING BEEF, YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THE TROLLS AND IDIOTS AND RACISTS PLAGUING THIS SITE. I DEFINITELY WON’T WASTE MY TIME GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. AND EVEN IN MY MOST BORING PERIODS, THE EXTREME IMMATURITY LEVEL THAT IT TAKES TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THESE IDIOTS IS TOO MUCH FOR ANY INTELLIGENT PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT HALF OF THEM ARE TROLLS. AND THEN THERE ARE JUST PURE FULL BLOWN RACIST WHITE WOMEN, AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW WEAK BLACK MEN WHO ARE SO HURT BY SISTERS THAT THEY GO HARD ANY CHANCE THEY GET, BUT WILL SCREAM BLOODY MURDER IF SOMEONE COMES AT THEIR FEMALE FAMILY MEMBER. SO I WON’T BE WASTING BRAIN POWER ON THEM. ESPECIALLY SINCE IF YOU NOTICE LOL, THEY SAY THE SAME THING DAY IN AND DAY OUT. EVERY TIME I READ ONE, I IMAGINE THE IDIOT POSTING RACISM, AND THEN SITTING AT THE COMPUTER SWEATING PROFUSELY WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM SOME OFFENDED GOD FEARING PERSON. SO WHEN I GET THE YOUTUBE CLIP TOGETHER ALL OF YOU WILL BE MADE AWARE OF IT.

  • Lively09

    Beautiful couple!

  • King Beef

    Black man,Woman and Child unite and undue the injustice brought upon us by racism. Only we as a community can do it. Self hating and waiting on someone else to do it will become our demise. Black men love the Black woman and Black woman love the Black man. Hating each other is unnatural. Once we do ths there will b many more beautiful stories like this.

  • http://Bossip.com Nene87

    This is beautiful. I love to here and see stuff like this it makes my day.

  • http://Bossip.com Nene87

    This is beautiful I love to hear and see positive stuff like this. Marriage is no joke and I’m happy they did not take it as one. See my people we can do it.

  • Me (I’m PRO-MARRIAGE & FAMILY.)

    That’s a sweet and beautiful story! I hope that when I get married it lasts for life.

  • Honut Sinti

    They looked so cute together in that first photo. Beautiful story.

  • TEXAS

    Lol!! Yeah you sound really smart and cute behind this keyboard. You only made your own self upset because your ignorance is quite funny. I know you are a little kid that is on summer break and was finally allowed to get on your parents computer. Now go make your bed child. :)

  • LaDiva

    This article touched my heart. To be married for so many yrs is amazing. Love is beautiful. God bless them both.

  • MissCherry

    Thats is wonderful, I wish to have Love like that

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    pretty amazing..

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  • @duke of PORK?

    yup, and much more preferable to being white and having piggy eyes, skin and snouts – oink oink.

  • yooo

    Wow she looks good to be 103. Thats how 70yr. old white women look lol

  • T

    I concur!

  • athenabela

    beauuuutiful!

  • snapper

    Ohhh, poor baby, got your azz beat by a black person, now you hurt, boo hoo.

  • http://undressingher.com undressingHER

    I give them kudos for “lasting” this long, but there’s something very funny to me about how we celebrate people lasting so long in their marriages. We don’t know what they went through together. Some people put up with cheating, abuse, etc… and a bunch of crap I’d never put up with, so does that make them better than an ex-couple who refuses to be mistreated?

  • Blkluv

    My wife and I have been together for over ten years married for 6 of those years. I have never cheated, abused, or betrayed my wife’s confidence in me, and I’m confident that she has been equally faithful to me. We are both attractive, employed and homeowners; I say this not to brag, but to provide encouragement and hope. Nothing came easy, but we worked hard and made sure we focused on our physical and spiritual lives together. Again it wasn’t easy, but nothing of valuable is ever easy to get. To all my bro and sis out there don’t settle, don’t cheat yourself, and trust your inner voice when it tells you that you need to leave a bad relationship alone. And most importantly even when you’re doing dirt and not in a good spiritual place keep talking to God and focus on what YOU need to change in yourself for your relationship to improve.
    Keep ur heads up figuratively and physically

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  • Blkluv

    Props to Mr and Mrs Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher. God rest his soul and keep her close. I want to last this long with my wifey.

    143 TAF

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  • ashaki33

    People, I use that term loosely, like “Yea Right” take pride and delight in disrupting positive discussions. I would not get caught up with such a pathetic soul. Moving right alone, it is beautiful this couple stayed together so long. There are many, many positive, successful black relationships. Such relationships do not make the news. Getting on and staying on a positive paths plays a big role. It’s important that we remain optimistic and keep our heads to the sky.

  • King Beef (betta known as)Wisdom

    Now that?s what?S up! Peace!!!

  • zuuumie

    Sinful nature, etc. Nah!
    The opposite is by which, the “condition” by which those lifestyles choices each practices, actually choose to live by as creatures of habit, but not their nature, despite any possible arguments & disagreements of predispositions on how some people practice & habit to continue to consciously live by.

  • JackieM

    What a beautiful,positive story on black love. I like it!!!

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