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108-Year-Old Woman Renews Her Driver’s License to 2033

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“I grow old gracefully,” said Susan Young Browne, who just received permission to keep driving until the age of 115.



Susan Young Browne sitting on a big white chair amid her family
Susan Young Browne amid her family

Born in 1918, she was in Delaware during Segregation where she worked on a farm with her family - without water or electricity. Browne would eventually attend Delaware State College for Colored Students, today known as Delaware State University, and graduated in 1945. She then taught in a one-room schoolhouse, followed by other schools, for three decades.


Now 108 years old, Susan Young Browne works out three times a week, drives herself around town and starts every morning with an exercise routine she's followed for decades. “When I get up in the morning, I have an exercise routine that I’ve been doing for the last 20 years,” she told CBS News. “When I retired - and I walked around that classroom for 30 years - I am not going to sit down.”


On the morning of her birthday, she went for a workout class. "You are the spotlight," classmates cheered as Browne walked into the Modern Maturity Center - a place she's been regularly attending since 1973. She was one of the center's first members.


130 people attended her 108th birthday party, including Delaware’s Governor Matt Meyer. Best of all, she was courteously provided a parking spot right in front of the building. That’s important, because - as Browne told those assembled to celebrate her life - the state had just reissued her driver’s license until 2033. "OK, see you later," Browne said before pulling away behind the wheel once again.

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