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23.11.2014
100-year woman sees sea for first time
Just weeks before turning 101, Ruby Holt has seen the ocean for the first time.
She has spent most of her life on a farm in rural Tennessee picking cotton and said she never had the time or money to go to a beach.
She has spent most of her life on a farm in rural Tennessee picking cotton and said she never had the time or money to go to a beach.
"I've heard people talk about it and how wonderful it was and wanted to see it, but I never had the opportunity to do so," she said.
Now she has been on an all-expenses paid trip to the Gulf of Mexico.
Ms Holt's holiday was funded by the assisted living centre where ... Click for details of the news