Local Gadsden woman hits 100th birthday — with many stories to tell

By Caylie Moore, Features Editor Mable Christine “Tillie” Yunker Griffin was born on Oct. 24, 1926 in a small Nashville, Tennessee house — and she has faced all kinds of one-of-a-kind ventures since then. The Gadsden resident officially celebrated her 100th birthday two weeks ago on Oct. 24, 2026, surrounded by her living family, family friends, and fellow church members. But technically, as her son Sam Griffin would explain to Features Editor Caylie Moore in a phone interview, the celebration went on for two days. “It’s a very unique situation with her birthday,” Sam stated. “We also recognize her birthday on Oct. 23 because of some recordkeeping issues back in 1926.” He went on to detail just what those issues were: Since Tillie was born at home and not in a hospital, where birth certificate records would have been kept more accurately, her birth report was written up incorrectly. As such, the state recognizes her birthday as Oct.

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