May Garraway celebrates 103rd birthday in bed

May 05, 2013 News

Earlier plans devised by May Garraway’s extended family to celebrate her 103rd birth anniversary on May 3, had to be forcefully aborted due to her contracting a sudden illness days before her birthday.
Her daughter, Joyce Garraway, said that her mother was experiencing a bout of diarrhea and vomiting.
She said that plans to host a thanksgiving service for the birthday had to be postponed until the older Garraway regains her physical strength fully.

May Garraway

May Garraway spent her special day in bed, on Friday 3, but was craving fried chicken, her daughter said.
She may be advanced in age but she is active, has a sharp memory and still travels whenever the occasion presents itself, Joyce Garraway said.
“At her age, she is not confined and still does almost everything for herself, except cook.”
Aunt May, as she is called exhibits a warm spirit. She is excellent to be around. She would engage you, by first dishing out important details pertaining to her date of birth, her deceased parents, her children and even revisit her childhood years spent in the Pomeroon River.
Born in 1910 to David Alexander, a/k” David Miller, and Georgina Welcome, Aunt May grew up in Hackney with her siblings, all of whom are now deceased. Aunt May attended both a Roman Catholic and a Brethren School at Hackney.
But while Agriculture was and remains the main income earner, especially for residents in the Pomeroon and also on the Coast, Aunt May recalled that she was forced to become a School dropout to assist her parents on the ground provision farm.
But farming was not the only thing that Aunt May did. She is still commonly known for adopting the role of a midwife. She delivered a few hundred babies among whom were a number of twins.
On the question of marriage, Aunt May did not shy away. She explained that while she was never married and worked as a farmer, seamstress and a midwife, all to provide for her ten children, four of whom are alive today, Aunt May said that in her day when a man and a woman wanted the get married, the man was compelled to write a letter to the girl’s parents seeking permission.
Aunt May reasoned that she did not find her suitors appealing because of their level of comprehension. This was a major deterrent to her getting married.
Aunt May has 70 grand children and 108 great -grandchildren. Her prime diet consists of a nice plate of provision and fish.
The elder Garraway lives by the motto “always apply the principle of God, while you are young, it will help you to lead a successful life.”

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