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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Since 1913, there’s been a lot of Black history made in the United States and one woman has lived through it all.

Fannie Jones is 110 years old and loves to share stories about her life.

“I’m one of a kind, I like it that way,” said Jones.

Jones is originally from El Dorado, Arkansas and now lives in the Sooner state.

Every day, she spreads joy and laughter for residents and staff at South Pointe Care Center.

“I can’t hear good. I can’t see hardly, and I can’t eat hardly, but I can open my big mouth a lot hahah some of them in here tell me to shut up,” said Jones.

“Miss Fannie has been here for about a decade, she’s 110 years old so she is Black history, everything you ever thought you wanted to know, she tells the most intricate stories,” said Ty Abdul, a Social Service Assistant at the care center.

Some of those stories are about Jones’ childhood.

“I was raised in the country. We didn’t have tv, we didn’t have radio, we didn’t have none of that. I ate all those vegetables out of the ground,” said Jones.

Jones also talked about the work she did with multiple charities.

“I had 5 or 6 of them. My money went to the charity workers whoever they were. It started with a red cross, feed the children, salvation army, oh I could keep going,” said Jones.

At 110 years old, Jones lived through both World Wars, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Voting Rights Act.

Staff at the care center said Jones inspires them every day as she wakes up with a positive attitude and enjoys life.

“She still embodies kindness, she’s still a gentle soul, she still loves people and like she told you, she still enjoys laughing every day and I think her ability to laugh everyday is how she made it to 110,” said Abdul.

Jones will be 111 on August 21.

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