“She’s led a simple life and has always stayed busy with her family,” said Elizabeth Francis’s granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, 69.
Elizabeth Francis at home in Houston in April. Francis's 115th birthday is July 25. , she said if she made it to her 115th birthday, she had a simple wish: two slices of cake.— celebrates that birthday. Her family plans to present her with a large floral-covered vanilla cream sheet cake, her favorite flavor.“She’s earned something special, but the cake won’t have 115 candles,” Harrison said. “Instead, we’ll make it easy and light three: two number 1s and a 5.
“She was just shocked to hear she was now the oldest — she couldn’t believe it,” said Harrison, who handles the family parties and puts in a cake order for Francis every year.“We all know that we have to punch that ticket someday, so we’re amazed and grateful that she’s still here,” she said. “She’s surprised us all.”
Francis spent her teen years with an aunt, and later as a single mom, she ran a coffee shop at ABC 13 News in Houston for 20 years. “They enjoy sitting next to each other to laugh and watch old episodes of ‘Good Times’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ on television,” Harrison said. “They also love watching ‘The Price is Right.’ They both feel lucky and blessed to be together so late in life.”
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