An elderly couple who had been married for more than 50 years stepped in front of a speeding freight train just minutes after a row with their 50-year-old daughter , an inquest heard . Peter Smith , 80 , and his wife Betty , 78 , walked a short distance from their bungalow in the picturesque Lincolnshire village of Cherry Willingham , to the unmanned crossing on July 9 last year . Less than half an hour earlier , Mrs Smith and her only child , Jane , who had recently moved back in with her parents , had an disagreement over where she was keeping her belongings . Tragic : Peter Smith , 80 , and his wife Betty , 78 , walked a short distance from their bungalow in the picturesque Lincolnshire village of Cherry Willingham , to the unmanned crossing , pictured , on July 9 last year . Miss Smith told an inquest that as the couple left the house after the argument , her father turned to her and said : 'Goodbye , you wo n't see us again ' . It was the last time she saw her parents . Yesterday , an inquest into their deaths at Lincoln 's Cathedral Centre heard that it had 'not been an easy situation ' since Miss Smith and her partner , Tim Evans had moved into the family home . In a statement read to the court , Miss Smith said she and Mr Evans had moved back in two months earlier because there was no running water in their house , The Times has reported . She said that she and her father , a former postmaster , had not had 'the best relationship over the years ' . She said : that she and her mother had a disagreement over whether she could store some of her belongings in the spare room . She added : 'Later in the morning my father said that he wanted to go into town . The reason for this was that he wanted to get his glasses altered as they were hurting him . Warning : The inquest heard the couple did not react when the driver of the approaching train sounded his horn . He applied his brakes but was unable to stop in time . Above , the scene where the couple died last year . 'My mother said that she did not want to go but eventually she agreed to accompany him . 'As they left the house my mother walked out with my father behind . 'Once my mother was out of earshot my father turned to me and said `` Goodbye , you wo n't see us again '' . When my mother got to the gate she turned and waved at me . 'They both then turned and walked out of my sight . That was the last time I saw my parents ' . The inquest heard the couple did not react when the driver of the approaching train sounded his horn , according to the Times . He applied his brakes but was unable to stop in time . The couple died almost instantly of multiple injuries . The coroner recorded verdicts of suicide . The inquest heard the couple did not have a history of mental health issues and neither had ever been sectioned under the Mental Health Act . Neighbours of the couple paid tribute to the 'beautiful ' and 'devoted ' pair who had lived in the village for more than 50 years . Joyce Garner , 94 , who lived two doors down from the couple , said : ' I just ca n't believe it . Probe : Above , police and rail workers at the scene shortly after the couple 's deaths last year Neighbours of the couple paid tribute to the 'beautiful ' and 'devoted ' pair who had lived in the village for more than 50 years . 'Peter had to retire early from his job as a postman more than 20 years ago after a car crash , but Betty was always in the garden and he would try and help where he could . ' Margaret Elkington , 81 , who lived opposite the couple , added : 'They seemed to be such a happy couple . They would catch the bus into Lincoln every Monday and Saturday . 'They had a daughter but they did n't speak about her very much . '
Peter Smith and his wife Betty stepped in front of speeding freight train . Just minutes earlier , Mrs Smith had argued with their only child , Jane , 50 . She was a devout Christian who believed that the Bible should be read aloud at church every Sunday morning. Told inquest she and her mother disagreed over where to store belongings . As her parents left home after row , her father said 'you wo n't see us again ' For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 , visit a local Samaritans branch or click here .