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"When they returned to Brad's home in Rose Hill, Paloma Picasso Loving Heart Pendant asked his golden retriever, Starr, to get the newspaper. Starr seemed confused at first because she had gotten one earlier that morning. She finally obliged and went to get the Figure Eight pendant from the yard," wrote Brad's mother, LuAnn Rivenbark. "Brad told Starr to give it to 'Mandy' and when she took the paper from the plastic bag it was in, a box from Reed's Jewelers fell out along with a sign saying, 'Will you marry me?'" On Valentine's Day 2009, Amanda and Brad were married in Coin Edge disc pendant before going on a cruise with 23 family members. When his mother asked him whether he'd be comfortable going on his honeymoon with so many relatives around, Brad said, "Mom, it's a big boat!"In 1971, James Paloma's X pendant fell from a scaffold while working on a high rise in Pearl River, N.Y., rupturing his spleen. Because he had no family in the area, friends helped him through the difficult time. While recovering, McKeel met a woman named Mary Ann who had just lost her husband, the father of her three children, in a car accident. "Some people you can talk with them, you can have a good time together with them," McKee said. "Her children were well-mannered and weren't rowdy. Once we started seeing each other, they were always glad when I came over." One day in 1972, McKeel thought, "This is it. I'm going to ask her." His proposal was simple: "Let's get married."