Mr. and Mrs. Irvin “Choppy” Smith, seated, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Standing are their children and grandchildren, from left, Elizabeth, Trisha and Damon Smith, Tanya Smith and Tim Smith.
The Thibodeauxs were actually first “married” in 1949, when they were cast in the roles of bride and groom in a school play at Morse Elementary. They do not recall how they were selected for the parts, but it may have been fate.