96-year-old shares insight on life, aging

  • Selby as a young adult. CONTRIBUTED
    Selby as a young adult. CONTRIBUTED
  • Ribbons show awards Selby has won for knitting. CONTRIBUTED
    Ribbons show awards Selby has won for knitting. CONTRIBUTED
  • Selby is pictured with her husband and children. CONTRIBUTED
    Selby is pictured with her husband and children. CONTRIBUTED
  • Selby during a trip to Rome. CONTRIBUTED
    Selby during a trip to Rome. CONTRIBUTED
  • Frances Roberts, Janice Roberts and her daughter, Peggy, with Selby two weeks ago. . CONTRIBUTED
    Frances Roberts, Janice Roberts and her daughter, Peggy, with Selby two weeks ago. . CONTRIBUTED
    It took Byrd Selby 44 years and stops in eight towns and cities to get to Jones County, and she regretted having to leave 47 years later.Selby, who lives at The Cottages in Macon, moved to Eatonton Highway in Jones County in 1972 with her late husband, Warren. When he passed away in 2018, she started making plans to move again.“I really hated to leave Jones County,” Selby said...

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