Hawaii resident Jim Nabors, known for his starring role in the 1960s television sitcom Gomer Pyle, USMC, has married his longtime male partner, Hawaii News Now reports
Nabors, 82, told Hawaii News Now that he married his companion of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader, who’s 64, in Seattle Jan. 15.
Nabors, speaking to Hawaii News Now by phone said, “I’m 82 and he’s in his 60s and so we’ve been together for 38 years and I’m not ashamed of people knowing, it’s just that it was such a personal thing, I didn’t tell anybody,” Nabors said. “I’m very happy that I’ve had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I’m just very happy.”
Nabors said he and Cadwallader traveled to Washington state, where gay marriages became legal in early December 2012. They were married at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
