Their love story began on a dirt road called Hazard Street. But, according to Rosalind Sallenger Richardson, their life together has been anything but a hazard. It was summer in the late s. Rosalind Sallenger, a student at the all-female Winthrop College, was vacationing at Pawleys Island with her family.
It was one of the first summer trips with the brothers of Kappa Alpha Order Mr. Richardson had been able to make; for the first time, work and football practice had not interfered with vacation plans. Richardson and her best high school girlfriend, Bunny Schipman, were driving down Hazard Street when they came across four young men with thumbs out. Schipman and Mrs.
Richardson instantly recognized the men as Wofford students and decided to give them a ride. There were no seatbelts, and you could sit anywhere you wanted, so I turned around with my back to the front of the car, and I talked to all of them and just had a wonderful timeβ¦ I really majored in having a wonderful time. The group reached their destination β a party hosted by Converse College women. Everyone went inside, but Mr.
Richardson wanted to stay and talk to the pretty woman in the front middle seat. So they stayed in the car together and talked, and after a long conversation, he asked her to go on a date with him that very night. According to Mrs. Richardson, the conversation went something like this:. I just met you! Jerry: I really am a nice person. After about 30 minutes of haggling, they decided to go on a triple date with two other couples β putt-putt golf at Myrtle Beach.
To this day they disagree on who won the miniature golf game. He says she beat him; she says he beat her. They agreed to keep seeing each other, often going on dates in Charlotte, N. And we would sit in the same corner booth, side by side, and just get as close as we could.
