WAY TO GO, GRADUATE! This 94-year-old Alabama woman and her family are celebrating a big accomplishment: She’s just received her high school diploma.
The graduation ceremony took place at Hazel Green High School. The room was full of great-grandchildren, siblings, and other family members who all came together to celebrate the accomplishments of Grace Lee McClure Smith.For Grace, her high school graduation has been a long time coming. 79 years to be exact. She dropped out of school in 1942 when she was only 16, so her husband could fight in World War II.
Grace went on to work as a bus driver for the Madison County School system for 30 years. That's a lot of faces to remember, but she still recognizes most of the people she drove if they just tell her their address. Although she never had the chance to complete her education, she always emphasized the importance of learning to her family.
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