Hows that for old age? Sue Neill drifter@okplus.com http://www.wewoka.com/drifter.htm -----Original Message----- From: Vickie Neill Taylor <flip@okplus.com> To: OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com <OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:23 AM Subject: [OKGEN ] SLOAN...12-27-1928...Holdenville Democrat > >Holdenville Democrat >12-27-1928 pg. 3 > > >"Uncle Tom" Hopes This Will Be His Last Christmas >Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 26 (U.P.) > When "Uncle Tom" SLOAN awoke Christmas morning, he awoke to celebrate not >only Christmas but his 116th birthday. > Often consided Oklahoma's oldest citizen, Uncle Tommy has now turned his >thoughts toward the world beyond. He wants this to be his last Christmas, he >says. Although seldom ill, the cold winter weather is confining Uncle Tommy >to his home just as the extreme heat did last summer. > Born in 1812, in a small Irish fishing village, Uncle Tommy has spent 16 >years of his life in the Old World and an even 100 years in the New. > > > > > >Vickie Neill Taylor >flip@okplus.com > > >==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > Saturday at 9pm CST >>>>>>>>> OKGenWeb IRC Chat <<<<<<<< >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/chat.htm > >