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Friday, July 8, 2016
One person turning 100 years old is remarkable, but when three close friends, born within months of each other in 1916 turned 100, it was time to celebrate!

Bernice Grimes Underwood, Gladys Ware Butler and Ruth Chatman Hammett met in church when they were just kids. That very church — the Zion Baptist Church in Washington D.C. — hosted their centenarian celebration, which was attended by a D.C. congresswoman, the city's mayor and their family, which included several great-great-grandchildren. Even Oprah Winfrey sent birthday greetings to the trio.

All three still speak to each other almost daily. And Ms. Underwood still loves to dance, "sometimes by myself," she said. Watch her do the "Electric Slide" in this video.

The three offered bits of wisdom to the younger generation: “Don’t talk back,” said Ms. Hammett. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” Ms. Underwood advised.  But Ms. Barnes had only one word for youngsters: “Respect."

Your "Growing Old Gleefully" Gift Guru,
Linda

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