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Pleasant Grove, AL woman celebrates 104th birthday
It was a big weekend for our friend Evelyn Hicks of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, as she celebrated her 104th birthday on Mother's Day. Evelyn's life could make for a movie. She has been through a lot in her life, yet she keeps on ticking without complaining.Evelyn was born in Edgewater, Alabama, in 1919. She moved to Birmingham and attended Minor High School, and at the age of 18 married her love, Harmon. In 1939, two years into her marriage, Evelyn nearly died. She was stoking her wood stove when a hot ash struck her house coat and set her on fire. Her husband rolled her up in a rug and saved her life, but Evelyn was in tough shape. Doctors told Evelyn she would never walk again, but with hard work her life was reborn. She learned to walk. She learned to fish and hunt. She learned to raise chickens and pigs. She learned to play the guitar. She went to nursing school, worked in a dental office, and learned to sew, quilt and knit.Harmon and Evelyn bought their dream house in Pleasant Grove in 1950 and Evelyn lived there until that dreaded day of April 27, 2011. Evelyn was widowed and 92 years old at the time. She heard the tornado warnings and hid in a closet while sitting in a chair. As the tornado struck, the entire structure was blown away except for one closet wall and a chair. That's where Evelyn happened to be sitting.As she has done all of her life, Evelyn Hicks keeps on keepin' on. She lost her daughter Margie months ago, and at the age of 103 insisted that she go to the funeral. "It's the least I could do for my daughter," she said.Evelyn doesn't drive anymore- she gave it up at the age of 98, insisting it wasn't she who was the problem but the crazies on the road. She knows the Bible like the back of her hand, and she continues to knit while eating plenty of vegetables.Evelyn Hicks is 104 and still going strong. Still going strong through the good times and the bad. Let's all offer her our best.
It was a big weekend for our friend Evelyn Hicks of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, as she celebrated her 104th birthday on Mother's Day. Evelyn's life could make for a movie. She has been through a lot in her life, yet she keeps on ticking without complaining.
Evelyn was born in Edgewater, Alabama, in 1919. She moved to Birmingham and attended Minor High School, and at the age of 18 married her love, Harmon. In 1939, two years into her marriage, Evelyn nearly died. She was stoking her wood stove when a hot ash struck her house coat and set her on fire. Her husband rolled her up in a rug and saved her life, but Evelyn was in tough shape.
Doctors told Evelyn she would never walk again, but with hard work her life was reborn. She learned to walk. She learned to fish and hunt. She learned to raise chickens and pigs. She learned to play the guitar. She went to nursing school, worked in a dental office, and learned to sew, quilt and knit.
Harmon and Evelyn bought their dream house in Pleasant Grove in 1950 and Evelyn lived there until that dreaded day of April 27, 2011. Evelyn was widowed and 92 years old at the time. She heard the tornado warnings and hid in a closet while sitting in a chair. As the tornado struck, the entire structure was blown away except for one closet wall and a chair. That's where Evelyn happened to be sitting.
As she has done all of her life, Evelyn Hicks keeps on keepin' on. She lost her daughter Margie months ago, and at the age of 103 insisted that she go to the funeral. "It's the least I could do for my daughter," she said.
Evelyn doesn't drive anymore- she gave it up at the age of 98, insisting it wasn't she who was the problem but the crazies on the road. She knows the Bible like the back of her hand, and she continues to knit while eating plenty of vegetables.
Evelyn Hicks is 104 and still going strong.
Still going strong through the good times and the bad.
Let's all offer her our best.
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