Lavon Harris recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Sickly as a child, doctors told her parents that she probably wouldn’t live to be very old. Today, she is healthy and spry and grateful for her long and happy life. You can’t reach 100 without having some significant losses. In our conversation, she talked about the joy and the sadness she has experienced. And she laughed … a lot.
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Transcript of my conversation with Lavon
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Conversations About Aging airs every other Monday. My next conversation is with Bill Green, a familiar face on Maine television for more than 40 years. Bill produces and hosts Bill Green’s Maine, which airs on NEWS CENTER Maine.
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Lavon my grandmother Passed away today. She lived to be 102 years 7 months. We (her entire family) had no idea this interview existed. This is a treasure like no other. Thank you❤️
My condolences. I loved interviewing her! I’m sorry you didn’t know about it. I had asked someone involved in setting it up to let her family know. I’m delighted that you discovered it —your grandmother was a treasure!