By Jeff Trotman
Verley Etheline Bellamy is satisfied with her life. Spanning one hundred years, it is an unfinished journey of unfolding new horizons and fulfilling experiences. Beginning with the rustic, unpretentious, Amerindian way of life in the upper reaches of the Kara Kara Creek, then living in Linden as a school girl attending the Christianburg Scots School when the fledgling bauxite company was planting its feet in the community, she blossomed into a beautiful lass in Georgetown, who endured the challenge of becoming a young widow and had to garner inner strength and fortitude to bring up two young daughters as a single parent.
Born on 20th March 1914, Verley attained her one hundredth birthday on Thursday. Her two daughters, grandchildren and other close relatives and friends held a birthday party for her on Sunday, 17th March at her elder daughter’s home in Redwood Crescent, Mackenzie. She thoroughly enjoyed the occasion as she caused much laughter, recounting interesting aspects of her life.
Hard time
Quite a story teller, Verley recalled that she was married at the age of twenty two, significantly, with two
