Global Courant
A groom in Nebraska died an hour after his wedding ceremony began, friends of the bride say.
In front of their children, parents, family and friends, Toraze and Johnnie Mae Davis walked down the aisle on Monday, promising each other the rest of their lives.
Soon after, the groom fell and an ambulance responded, turning what should have been a celebration of life into a loss.
The “happiest day of their lives turned into a day of tragedy,” Monica Miller, the bride’s supervisor who attended the wedding, told NBC News.
Toraze and Johnnie Mae Davis kiss during their wedding ceremony.Thanks to Monica Miller
Friends are now trying to support the bride.
An online fundraiser to help with the couple’s funeral expenses and children had raised more than $12,000 by Friday evening.
“She went from planning a wedding to planning a funeral,” said Miller, who is organizing the fundraiser.
Johnny Mae Davis.Thanks to Monica Miller
Jewel Roberson, a friend of the bride, shared it KETV in Omaha, Toraze Davis’ heart stopped for the first time an hour after the ceremony began.
“In a second. It happened in seconds,” Roberson told the station. “She’s widowed and married in the space of 10 minutes.”
Toraze Davis’ funeral will be July 5, according to service information shared on the Good Shepherd Funeral Home site.
