Sisters chalk up 308 years not out
It's not every woman approaching her century who can claim to have two big sisters to look up to
London: It's not every woman approaching her century who can claim to have two big sisters to look up to.
Yet that is the proud boast of 97-year-old Mary Hunt.
She, Hilda Greening, 107, and Jean Underwood, 104, have an astonishing combined age of 308.
Each has outlived her husband and between them they have 12 children, 17 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
Many of the extended family were on hand to help Greening celebrate her 107th birthday a fortnight ago at a nursing home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
Her daughter Elizabeth Sallis, who is 74 and herself a great grandmother of eight, said: "We're not exactly sure how they've lived so well for so long — it must be in the genes ."
"Mum is in remarkably good health for 107. She doesn't take any medication apart from paracetamol for her arthritis. Auntie Mary comes every Monday to see mum and that keeps her ticking over."
For her birthday, Greening received a new dress from Sallis, countless bunches of flowers and a message from the Queen — her eighth so far.
— Daily Mail
