Beulah and Kenneth were married March 3, Thay had met in June 1947, their first date being at the Tilden picnic. Beulah had come to visit her cousin, Francis, who was married to Willis Coulter, Kenneth's older brother. It would seem that matchmaking was in the works, since sister-in-law Norma Coulter stopped to introduce Beulah to Keneth before delivering her to Frances & Willis's home after Beulah had arived in Marissa on he bus from St. Louis