This 3 women in Washington, D.C., have just achieved best friends goal "best friends forever": On Saturday, lifelong friends Gladys Butler, Ruth Hammett, and Bernice Underwood celebrated turning 100 years old together. This
weekend, friends and family members of the centenarians gathered for a
party in their honor at Zion Baptist Church, where the three women have
been going since they were children. A fourth best friend, the late
Leona Barnes, was also celebrated, and a painting of her sat with the
other women for the duration of the 90-minute service.
They were all born in either June or July of
1916, and have been friends for ever. According to
the Washington Post, the four women met as children, "played jacks and hopscotch and jumped rope together," and "three of them had babies in the same year, 1933."
During
the ceremony, the women shared a half hour video in which each of them
discussed their lives so far and advice for future generations. (Be
respectful and don't talk back!) Everyone in attendance then shared
their personal memories, photos, and videos of the trio throughout the
years. The women even received birthday wishes from Mayor Muriel Bowser
and D.C. City Councilman Brandon Todd.
But
perhaps most excitingly, one of the church's congregants was a makeup
artist for Oprah Winfrey, and convinced the TV legend to record a video
for the women.
"The things you must have seen over the last century," Oprah said, before wishing them "the grandest and greatest" birthday and ending the whole thing with a "hallelujah."
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