98-year-old identical twins from Alabama die 9 hours apart

I’d like to tell you about Vera and Velma. Identical twins who lived the adventure. So much love, so much in common. So much in common that they died hours apart.Back in 1925, Vera and Velma Holloway were born in Blount County, Alabama. The sisters did everything together as they worked on the farm. They shared meals and chores, finished each other’s sentences. They once pulled a fast one on Vera’s boyfriend and had Velma enjoy the date. “We never told him,” said Velma.Velma Holloway married a farmer named Hobert Hill. “She never left Oneonta,” her son Jerry Hill told me. “She farmed and became a mother of two. She drove her car until she was 95.”Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 Vera Holloway married a man named Mack McNew. She did a bit more traveling, as Mack was in the military. Just like her sister, she had two children. Just like her sister, she went back to Oneonta later in life.Vera and Velma were proof positive that identical twins share identical habits. They both loved banana bread and they both loved their Wednesday night card games. They both walked to church, and they both knelt in faith. Their nephew Ronnie asked them a while back if they could name the favorite day of their lives. “All of them,” smiled Velma. “That’s right,” said Vera, “All of them.”“It really was amazing,” Velma’s son Jerry told me. “Every time my mom Velma had an illness, Vera had the same thing. When Velma had a toothache, so did Vera. When Vera had a stomachache, so did Velma. Weeks ago, they even went into hospice together.”On June 27, Vera died at 12:30 a.m. and Velma died 9 hours later at 9:30 a.m. The 98-year-old twins decided that it was time to go on their next journey together.Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube“After all those years, I suppose they wanted to stay together,” said Jerry. “I don’t know how they did it, but it doesn’t surprise me a bit. Seeing Vera and Velma pass away just hours apart tells me that they needed one another. It gives me the chills."Could Vera and Velma have had it all planned out? Only Vera and Velma know, but as they take their next journey side-by-side, I thought we might take just a moment to think of Vera and Velma.Two beautiful women who spent 98 years on earth.Two beautiful women who will spend eternity together.