Guyanese Lilith Lenora Lindie, a former Nurse Aide, on January 17 celebrated her 100th birthday in the United States of America.
According to a statement from her family, the new centenarian was born on January 17, 1917 in Solitude, Upper Berbice River, Guyana, to parents Albert and Ariel Bender, who were both church ministers.
Lindie attended a Catholic Girls School in New Amsterdam up to age 15. From an early age, she developed a love for sewing and would often take her mother’s clothes and cut them up to make new pieces.
