Taquilla Harvey peaks through the door at Willie Mae Edwards as Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday on New Year's Day Saturday.
Siri Hedreen / The OutlookWillie Mae Edwards was born New Year's Day, 1922, on the heels of a global flu pandemic. The lifelong Alexander City resident has now lived to see history repeat itself, finding herself back in the year '22 in the middle of a global coronavirus pandemic.
That didn't stop Edwards from celebrating her 100th birthday from her front porch Saturday behind a screened-in door marked "MASK REQUIRED FOR ENTRY." Four generations of family, from Edwards' children to great- great-grandchildren, along with countless friends who considered her a mother or grandmother drove by to wish Willie Mae a happy birthday. An Alexander City Police car escorted the procession.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
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Mary Wallace collects cards and gifts for her mother. Willie Mae Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
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Willie Mae Edwards celebrates her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Willie Mae Edwards celebrates her 100th birthday, New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Willie Mae Edwards celebrates her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Mary Wallace collects cards and gifts for her mother. Willie Mae Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Willie Mae Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Willie Mae Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday, on New Year's Day, with a drive-by procession in front of her home in Alexander City Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Willie Mae Edwards poses with Taquilla Harvey (front) and Dorothy Heard at her 100th birthday party on New Year's Day Saturday.
PHOTOS: Willie Mae Edwards turns 100 on New Year's Day
- Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Taquilla Harvey peaks through the door at Willie Mae Edwards as Edwards celebrated her 100th birthday on New Year's Day Saturday.
