Francis was born in Louisiana in 1909. The Houstonian celebrated her 110th birthday on Saturday.
Francis gets proclamations from the city and state every year she reaches another milestone. As for what she eats to stay healthy, her response is everything. No, I m not on a diet, she said. I just eat what I feel like eating, what I know I like.
Francis lives with her daughter, who is 92 years old. Her granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, keeps a watchful eye on both of them. Harrison said people don t believe her when she tells people her grandmother s age.
Harrison has her own theory about why her family members live so long. Francis s oldest sister lived to be 106, and her baby sister lived until she was 95.