Family, Friends and local church help centenarian celebrate big year

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Minnie Elrod, resident of Kennedale celebrated her 100th birthday last week at the First Methodist Church of Kennedale. {{more:[Read more]}}
 
The Methodist Church hosted the event and invited friends and family members to help her kick start her next 100. The following is the video invitation prepared for the event.

The First Methodist Church expresses their thanks to all that came out to enjoy the day with Minnie.
 
 
In Minnie’s birth year 2016 …
  • Woodrow Wilson was President
  • WWI was being fought in Europe
  • Jeannette Rankin was the 1st woman in Congress
  • Cost of postal stamp .02
  • Professional Golf Association (PGA) was formed
  • Charlie Chaplin was acting on film
  • Albert Einstein was working on his theory of relativity
  • Boy Scouts of America began
  • First ?super market? opened in Memphis called Piggly Wiggly
  • Dentists charged $1 per filling
  • A loaf of bread cost 4 cents
  • Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 in a football game
  • Born: Jackie Gleason, Horton Foote, Harry James, Irving Wallace, Gregory Peck, Olivia de Havilland, Martha Raye, Walter Cronkite, Shelby, Foote, Kirk Douglas, Betty Grable

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