Anna Gertrude Thurmond, 95, sister of Senator Thurmond

[Fata Morgana]

EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) --

Anna Gertrude Thurmond, the 95-year-old sister of U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, died Tuesday
in a nursing home.

``Obviously, I am deeply saddened by the loss of my sister Gertrude,'' said Thurmond, who
at 97 is the oldest and longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate.

Born in Edgefield, Gertrude Thurmond became a state supervisor of worker's education and
taught in South Carolina public schools.

She was a graduate of Winthrop College and earned a master's degree from the University of
South Carolina.

Gertrude Thurmond also was a founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Cheers,

Fata Morgana

[Louis Epstein]

David Carson (da...@neosoft.com) wrote:
: On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:49:04 GMT, lab...@yahoo.com (Fata Morgana)
: wrote:
:
: >
: >EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) --

: >
: >Anna Gertrude Thurmond, the 95-year-old sister of U.S. Sen. Strom
: >Thurmond, died Tuesday in a nursing home.
: >
: >``Obviously, I am deeply saddened by the loss of my sister Gertrude,''
: >said Thurmond, who at 97 is the oldest and longest-serving member of
: >the U.S. Senate.

:
: Wow -- I don't know whether it's genetics, lifestyle, or what, but
: whatever it is, those Thurmonds have it. A brother and sister with
: 192 years between them (and counting)!

Since you're curious,the record for two siblings' age:

RANKED BY AGE
Years Days Born Died
Nellie (Hardman) Eby 111 241 May 17,1881 January 13,1993
Katharine (Hardman)
Davenport 110 182 March 31,1883 September 29,1993

[MadCow57]

Louis, weren't there a couple of twin women who were over 100? Has either of
them died?

[Bruce B. Reynolds]

>Gertrude Thurmond also was a founding member of the Daughters of the American
>Revolution

From the DAR website at
http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR/:

Society founded: October 11, 1890; incorporated by an Act of the United States
Congress in 1896.

Unless they have some rules for admitting
zygotes, hard to see how she could have
been a "founding" member.
--
Bruce B. Reynolds, Independent/Legacy Systems Consultant: Trailing Edge
Technologies, Glenside PA---Sweeping Up Behind Data Processing Dinosaurs

[Louis Epstein]

MadCow57 (madc...@aol.com) wrote:
: Louis, weren't there a couple of twin women who were over 100? Has either of
: them died?

Kin Narita,one of the world's oldest twins,died at 107 earlier this year.