TYLER, Texas — Beatrice Jones has had many roles in her 100 years of life, and on Friday she exercised her most important right as a American.
Jones voted early ahead of Election Day, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Heritage Building in Tyler. Her 73-year-old daughter Tina Williams accompanied her to the polling location for the momentous occasion.
She was born in 1924 and reached the 100-year milestone on June 2. Growing up in the Bullard area, Jones graduated from Emmett J. Scott High School in Tyler on May 19, 1942. She worked over 20 years at a hospital that is now UT Health East Texas as a surgical equipment cleaner.
Jones is the mother of eight children, and she has over 73 great-grandchildren that spans five generations. She is still attending Liberty Baptist Church when she can.
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