The eight women, the oldest of whom is about to be 99, have a friendship that’s spanned eight decades.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Martha Frances Hutchins had one wish for her 96th birthday this year: to get her best childhood friends together.
“It’s been a few years since I’ve seen them,” she said. “I really couldn’t get by without them.”
It was a tall order, but nothing nearly 10 decades of built-up birthday magic couldn’t handle.
“I made a list and turns out everyone could come!” Hutchins beamed as she sat at a large empty table at the Pancake House in Grayson. Around her sat seven empty chairs, soon to be filled with her lifelong girlfriends.
At 96 years old, you might wish for time to slow down. That is not the case for Hutchins, who taps her foot as she anxiously awaits the arrival of her friends.
“We have a …
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