Houston Woman Born During Taft Presidency Marks 114th Birthday with Five Generations of Family

Dorothy, her 94-year-old daughter, described the achievement as "hard to believe" but a "blessing"

A Houston woman just celebrated her 114th birthday, making her the oldest-living person in Texas, and one of the oldest-living people in the United States.

But for Elizabeth Francis, age is nothing but a number.

"I don't know," she told ABC affiliate KTRK-TV when she was asked about how it feels to be 114. "I just thank the good Lord for keeping me."

Francis, who was decked out in a tiara for the occasion, celebrated her special day with five generations of her family at her bedside, including her 94-year-old daughter Dorothy Williams and 68-year-old granddaughter Ethel Harrison. Longevity, it seems, runs in her family.

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A film crew from Norway and a researcher from Florida were also on hand to document the festivities, where the Houstonian told a reporter a few secrets to her longevity.

Francis doesn’t smoke or drink but said she eats "everything."

Harrison shared that her grandmother was always one to cook at home.

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"She always grew her vegetables in the backyard,” she told KTRK-TV. “I never saw her go to a fast food restaurant ... like Chick-fil-A and all the places I liked to go. She never did that.”

Harrison added, "Whenever you went to her house, I don't care what day of the week, she was cooking. So, I just think that had a lot to do with it, too. Just how she took care of her body and things like that."

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Francis was born on July 25, 1909 — when William Taft was president — in Louisiana, according to LongeviQuest, an organization which maintains the “authoritative” database of super-centenarians.

She moved to Houston as a child, and in the 1970s and early '80s, she ran the coffee shop at KTRK-TV, per the outlet and LongeviQuest.

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But through it all, her faith and family have been the headlines for Francis, who has three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Her sister, Bertha Johnson, died in 2011 at the age of 106, per LongeviQuest.

"It's hard to believe, but it's a blessing," her daughter Dorothy told KTRK-TV. "Because she has been a wonderful mother and grandmother to all of us. She has been our backbone."

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