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107 & Counting! – County’s Oldest Celebrates Another Birthday

  • Mary Lee Mewis, 107, holds her two-month-old great great grandson Hudson during a visit at her home Friday. Photo by Jeff Wick
    Mary Lee Mewis, 107, holds her two-month-old great great grandson Hudson during a visit at her home Friday. Photo by Jeff Wick
  • Mary Lee Mewis with her birthday cake this weekend. Photo courtesy of Stacie Karstedt
    Mary Lee Mewis with her birthday cake this weekend. Photo courtesy of Stacie Karstedt
La Grange’s Mary Lee Mewis turned 107 Sunday. But Fayette County’s oldest living person didn’t have a party that day. After all, the Astros are in the midst of a playoff race. “The Astros are playing Sunday afternoon so we are going to have her party the day before, on Saturday,” said Mewis’ grand daughterin- law Stacie Karstedt, who lives next door to Mewis. “If the Astros were playing she…

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