Mary And Martha: 90-Year-Old Twins Share Lifelong Bond, Die Just Hours Apart

Mary and Martha, 90-year-old twins who shared a special, lifelong bond, died just hours apart from each other on Christmas Day.

According to family members, the twins were incredibly close and depended on each other, sharing a home together throughout their entire lives, until their deaths on December 25. Martha Dixon had been a homemaker, while twin sister Mary Dickson had worked in the credit department for Famous-Barr before her own retirement.

If you notice that even their last names are similar — Dixon and Dickson — that’s because the twin sisters actually married brothers. One of the husbands, though, changed the spelling of his last name in order to re-enlist in the army, resulting in the difference.

Mary and Martha were born on September 26, 1924, in Bear Springs, Tennessee.

Granddaughter Amy Deconci said of the them, “The twins had a special bond like no other. They fought like sisters, but loved each other like sisters.”

In fact, family members believe it’s that closeness, that special bond between the twins, that caused the two sisters to die just two hours and 15 minutes apart.

“For twins to go out on the same day two hours apart it’s like one had to take the steps to pass and help then other get through that. Having them together was peaceful but brokenhearted at the same time,” said Amy.

Mary, family members say, died in her home while listening to the Christmas song “Santa Baby,” teasing her family about it, asking them if they thought Santa might bring her a man for Christmas. Daughter Diana Hargis says that is exactly what Santa did do.

“He took her home to my dad,” says Diana.

The family says although they died on Christmas, it sends a powerful message — that the twins started their story together and they wanted to end their story together. It does seem more than coincidental that the two women, who began life within just moments of each other, ended life much the same way.

The causes of death for the twin sisters have not yet been revealed.

The bond between twins certainly does seem to be deep and unique, with many stories to show just how common the uncommon bond is between twins. Even separation of nearly 80 years, as in the case of the Hamel-Hunt twins, didn’t stop the bond between the two — read more about that here. Or read about the two Turkish twin miners who did everything together, and ended up dying hand-in-hand here.

[Image via Daily Mail]