Homeless couple marries outdoors

By at 11 March, 2010, 8:30 am

Nan Schrack and Mark Neville have been together for 14 years, the last five of them on the streets. They’ve had a streak of bad, bad luck: They lost their mobile home in Seffner, Neville’s job as an air conditioning mechanic dried up and day labor jobs disappeared, reports TampaBayOnline.com . Today, Schrack, 53, has a brain aneurysm and emphysema. Neville, 58, wants a place where he can care for her and keep her safe. Enter Jim McNeil, a church volunteer at First Presbyterian Church of Brandon who often treks up and down State Road 60 with meals and clothes for the homeless. He set out to arrange

a wedding for them. McNeil found some proper clothes for the couple to wear, took up a collection for a set of wedding rings and arranged a small reception. Now that the couple are legally wed, they have access to more housing programs. Before too long, hopefully, the couple will also have a place to live, with running water and a roof, said an Americorps*Vista volunteer with the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County. But some things never change — the wedding was an outdoor affair. Photo: Staff photo by SCOTT ISKOWITZ / tampabayonline.com More FloriDUH

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