Eight-Year-Old 'Marries' His School Sweetheart Before Succumbing to Leukemia

Offbeat (tags: children, health, blood cancer, elleanor purgslove, leukemia, reece fleming )

Jirayu
- 80 days ago - todayhotreport.com

8-year-old Reece Fleming "married" special friend Elleanor Purgslove the day before he succumbed to leukemia. Reece's mother Lorraine Fleming and his stepfather Mick Thompson tried to fulfill all his wishes before he died.

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Melva H. (48)

Thursday July 24, 2008, 12:59 pm
Good for Everyone involved in this 'happening'! Reece got what he wanted, Elleanor helped him attain it, and all the adults can rest a bit easier knowing they did all they could to enable him to fulfill his 8-year-old goals before he left this Planet.