Husband and Wife Married for 71 Years Die on the Same Day

A 2011 photo of the now late Frances (L) and Herbert DeLaigle were married for 71 years before passing away on the same day in Waynesboro, Ga., on July 15, 2019. Courtesy of Jessie Annette DeLaigle/Facebook

Family and friends are mourning the death of a Georgia couple who died on the same day after being married for 71 years.

The DeLaigle family confirmed Herbert, 94, passed away at 2:20 a.m. on July 12 while wife Frances, 88, departed at 2:20 p.m. local time. They lived much of their life in Waynesboro, 156 miles east of Atlanta.