Known affectionately as “Mom B,” Bethea perked up and began to wiggle in her seat with family members, pointing to those she knew. Her birthday might as well have been a holiday, too, when this supercentenarian got her second wind during the celebration at Genesis Westfield Center in Westfield.
Bethea, who lived most of her life in Newark, is the oldest living graduate of the Newark Public Schools system. The 1927 Central High School alumni appears to be among the oldest living people in the state.
- She’s 110, but who’s counting? N.J. woman is one of the state’s oldest, NJ.com. October 21, 2019.
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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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