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A serious, no-nonsense woman with a heart of gold.That is how Barbados’ newest centenarian Vinnie Elmena Maynard was described on Thursday by close friends and others not related by blood but who see her as family.Both in person at her Walkers, St Andrew home, and virtually, many people who learned and benefitted from her over the years expressed joy that she had reached the milestone and listened as she recounted her younger days.“My father had a car, I used to drive it. He had a lorry and I used to take people around for potatoes …. At that time, you could drive anything, you only had ...

    Dave found the kitchen empty; from the bottom of the stairs, he heard the murmurs of the women’s voices in the bedroom with Mary, so he went out back to pace and wait. How funny life can be, he thought. Here he was, fifty years old and about to become a father again. He’d been sure that part of his life was over when he and Lura divorced many years ago. A certain hardness sets in when a man loses his family life, to say nothing of the house he built, a house that held his heart, soul and bank account. Still, he could hold his head up; he’d done right by his oldest daughter, Leila,...