BAKER — A long-time Baker resident's 100th birthday celebration is this weekend.
Friends and family members may attend the celebration, which is 3 p.m. May 28 at the Gray home on Washington Street in Baker.
Juridell Gray, born May 27, 1916, is the sixth of 11 children — four of whom were twins — born to Nelson and Camilla Easley Gray.
She has a great sense of humor about her upcoming birthday, her niece, Baker resident Jean Bradley, said.
"She said, 'I'm waiting for my party. I'm not going anywhere, 'cause I'm nowhere near dying!'
Juridell, affectionately known as "Sang" and "Jewel" in the Baker community, retired from laundry work at Eglin Air Force Base.
The mother of three has one surviving daughter, Juanita Gray Whitley of Baker, and a granddaughter, Dyan Whitley Ross of Atlanta, who is expecting twins.
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Baker resident is ready for May 28 100th birthday celebration