Blountstown native

to mark her 100th

birthday next week

BLOUNTSTOWN, FL – Mrs. Dollie Guilford, a native of Blountstown, will be celebrating her 100th birthday on March 28. She is the last of five siblings born to Jeff and Alma Pope.

Mrs. Dollie’s face brightened up as she reminisced about the memories of her past. She has led a very fulfilling and eventful life. Living through decades and embracing change this small yet courageous woman has many stories to tell.

She remembers one of her favorite pastimes, listening to her two brothers playing the harmonica while she danced doing the Charleston. She expressed missing them dearly because they always took up for her.

Dollie loved going to school but had to quit to help her mother when her father passed away. Dollie continued to work, met her husband, and at the young age of 15 was married. Dollie’s husband Jimmy Guilford was in the United States Air Force and she began to travel abroad. She remembers visiting The Panama Canal, Puerto Rico, and Savanna, GA. She expressed her favorite place visiting was Puerto Rico because of the climate, the culture, and the food.

At the age of 24, Dollie became a mother and expressed loving motherhood. Years later Dollie later moved back to Florida and now resides at River Valley Rehabilitation Center. She is still very active and enjoys walking, dancing, social gatherings, Bible Study, and spending time with her family – especially her daughter-in-law Evelyn.

She will be celebrating her 100th birthday with a Roaring Twenties Great Gatsby Birthday Bash, with friends, family, and staff at River Valley.