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At 103 years old, Annie Velma Hickson is the matriarch of a large family with 19 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great-grandchildren, and has outlived all but four of her progeny, thanks to her faith and advice to “not let your children raise you”.
