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Hester Ford, America’s oldest person, celebrates her 116th birthday in style with parade – Happy Birthday

America’s oldest person celebrated her 116th birthday in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, and the festivities were rich and well deserved. We covered the build-up to Hester Ford’s latest milestone last week, and it would ...

106-year-old celebrates birthday with more than 2,000 cards from across U.S.

It was a humble appeal for a special lady turning 106. Staff at a retirement home appealed to the public to send one of their residents 106 cards to mark the occasion. The appeal from ...

Hester Ford, the oldest living American, to celebrate her 116th birthday – Happy Birthday!

Hester Ford, the oldest known living American, is due to celebrate her 116th birthday in Charlotte, North Carolina. According to reports, Ford’s grandchildren are going to make sure she gets the celebration she deserves despite ...

Grandmother with 88 great-grandchildren – 173 descendants total – celebrates 100th birthday with drive-thru parade

A woman from Franklin County who has lived though six generations of her family celebrated her 100th birthday over the weekend. As per reports, Julia Lee Kelley has five children, 30 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren, ...

Oldest living Marine veteran celebrates his 105th birthday with car parade during pandemic

In February, the country was first introduced to Major Bill White after he asked the public to send him Valentine’s Day cards. Now, he’s back in the news and this time it’s because he just ...

Angela Lansbury is almost 95 years old – see how the “Murder, She Wrote” actress looks now

It’s difficult to grasp just how successful a career Angela Lansbury has enjoyed. From movies to TV series to the stage; she’s done it all. Of course, it’s likely been many years since most of ...

‘Oh, my mercy’ – Man blown away by parade marking his 102nd birthday

In all his 102 years Johnny McKinney has never seen a pandemic such as this so when it came to celebrating his birthday he definitely wasn’t interested in a party. But his family couldn’t let ...

Woman celebrates 103rd birthday, declares 2020 the craziest year she’s seen

So much has happened since January 1, 2020. While the Australian bushfires began in June 2019, they also dominated the news cycle in the beginning of the year. Then the world was shocked by the ...

Maryland resident enjoys socially distanced drive-by parade for 102nd birthday

Ida Pearl is somewhat of a celebrity in her local town so when it was time to mark her 102nd birthday her many friends and family were not going to let a pandemic stand in ...

Doctors told his mother he wouldn’t live past 11, he’ll turn 62 very soon

Joey Wittkugle’s mother, Bobbi, was told he’d never make it past 11. In fact, when he was born, his mother’s doctor was extremely blunt about it. “The doctor came in and never asked my name ...