My grandma, Arveda Pritt, passed away peacefully the other day at 102 years old. Amazing! I knew her mostly through stories I heard from my mom and dad and didn't really get to know her personally since she lived so far away. What I do know about her is that she was an amazing woman. She always stood up for herself, which wasn't always easy for women back then. She married my grandpa after my grandma died and reunited my dad with his siblings, who had been separated after my grandma's death, and my dad and his siblings became her children. She always served others in the community and church. She was self reliant and maintained her own garden and canned what she grew even at the ripe old age of 100 (neighbors helped her tighten the lids as she got older and couldn't do it herself.) She was sharp mentally up to her death a few days ago. She really was amazing.
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