Mashabo’s oldest is 107

Aug 02, 2016 News

On Sunday, the Elliott family of Mashabo, an Amerindian community located on the western half of the Essequibo Coast, outdid themselves to observe the birth anniversary of the oldest resident of the community.

Lillian Elliot

Lillian Elliot turned 107 years on Sunday. Her immediate relatives went out of their way to pamper the centenarian. Families prepared food and other special delicacies and assembled at the home of the centenarian’s daughter, Norma Elstob.
They reflected on the life of a proud centenarian who remains in good health except for hypertension, a condition that surfaced recently. Elstob has been taking care of her mother for several years now.
She said her mother is mobile and not handicapped. Elliot’s daughter-in-law, who is the health worker of Mashabo, said her mother-in-law has the tendency to take on problems, which now and again would result in her suffering from high blood pressure.
“Once she is aware of any problem she would take on.”
Elliot was born and raised in a community in the Upper Pomeroon River called Torurab Creek. She lived in the Pomeroon River for most of her life with her late husband and young children. After her husband died, Elliot went into farming to sustain herself and children.
Although times were difficult, Elliot managed until her children turned adults and relocated to the Essequibo Coast, where most of her relatives now live with their families.
Elliot has 44 grandchildren and 115 great grands, most of which (a quarter of her population) attends the school in Mashabo. The centenarian who is recognized as the local living legend in Mashabo is loved. She is known as granny.
Elliot still goes to the creek to bathe. She attends the Seventh Day Adventist church in the community. Her diet is not restricted, but she enjoys steam fish with boiled plantains. Her family anticipates many more years with the centenarian who they say have made both themselves and community proud. They say it’s a joy to have one of the oldest persons living in their closely knit community. (Yannason Duncan)

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