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Tag: centenarians

Eulis Joan Thompson Ward (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Centenarian Celebrates 104

by WI Web EditorJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024

Eulis Joan Thompson Ward, a longtime D.C. resident, celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, who recognized her for her beauty career, housekeeping duties, and motherhood.

Virginia McLaurin
Posted inCommunity, Obituary

Dancing Centenarian Virginia McLaurin Dies at 113

by James Wright Jr.November 16, 2022November 17, 2022
Clockwise from bottom left: Joseph Gilchrist, C.C. Ford, Ms. District of Columbia Vanella Alise Jackson-Crawford, Harry Thomas Jr. and Stacie Mack and Evelyn Spriggs Ford celebrate the 100th birthday of Ford in northeast D.C. on Nov. 30. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Evelyn Spriggs Ford Joins D.C.’s Elite Cohort of Centenarians

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorDecember 1, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Centenarian Holds Court for a Sidewalk Birthday Party at 105

by WI Guest AuthorJuly 28, 2021December 21, 2021
Virginia Ada Hawkins Keane, who celebrated her 101st birthday Saturday, March 24, poses for a photo with her daughter Karen. Neighbors, friends and family gathered for a drive-by celebration at her home in Northwest. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, D Kevin McNeir

D.C. Resident Virginia H. Keane Turns 101 Years Old

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorMarch 31, 2021December 21, 2021
Ada Haddock (Courtesy of Cindy Cummings)
Posted inNational, Stacy M. Brown

Md. Resident Turns 100: ‘Hard Work … and Prayer’

by Stacy M. BrownDecember 18, 2019December 21, 2021
The DC Department of Aging and Community Living celebrates over 200 D.C. residents who are over 100 years of age. Vanilla Beane, a popular milliner who continues to work in her shop every day was one of those honored at the luncheon held at the Kellogg Conference & Hotel in northeast D.C. on April 29. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
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Diverse, Spry Centenarians Hailed at Annual Luncheon

by James Wright Jr.May 1, 2019December 21, 2021

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