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In 1925 when she was 5, Beth Ellison Cole moved with her family from Missouri to a place in Miami ”where the sidewalks were pink,” her parents had promised her.

But life wasn’t so rosy once they got to then-booming Miami. They lived in a tent for six months before their new house was built. Soon after, the family endured — and survived — the 1926 hurricane that yanked the roof off the new home. The family rebuilt only to lose everything again during the 1929 financial bust.

For Cole, the lesson was clear: Material things don’t last forever. But after 70 years of marriage to Bates Cole, she has learned something else: Love and faith will get you through most of life’s difficulties.

The couple celebrated Saturday seven decades of marriage at The Resort and Club at Little Harbor on the west coast of Florida. Family and friends from California, North Carolina, North Florida and Maryland joined them.

If your parents, grandparents or in-laws are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary, you can gift them with something platinum. Platinum is the symbol for the 70th wedding anniversary.

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