Faver v. Faver

Phillip Carroll, Special Chief Justice.

In September, 1967, Marcus D. Faver, 69, a widower and father of three adult sons, proposed marriage to Pearl Hughes, 66, a widow and mother of three adult daughters. Mrs. Hughes, having completed the 9th grade in school, had married Bedy Hughes, a farmer, in 1919 and they had lived in the England, Arkansas area for 46 years before Mr. Hughes’ death in 1965. Mr. Faver’s wife, Louise, had died in February, 1967. Pearl and Louise had been schoolmates as girls, and after their marriages, the two couples maintained some social contact through the years.

Marcus…