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| Ask Pasadena's Lucille Brown, about to turn 107, about music, poodles and life |
| 2019-01-23 |
| [Houston Chronicle] As she prepares for her 107th birthday, Pasadena resident Lucille Brown gives advice for a good life. "Go to church. Be close to God. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Those things will kill you," she said. At almost 107 years old, Pasadena resident Lucille Brown doesn’t think of major historical events such as the Great Depression when citing what has had the most impact on her life. "Meeting my husband," answers Brown, whose birthday will be Jan. 28. "I had just graduated beauty school. I knew my husband’s nephew, who was actually older than my husband, and he introduced me and him. I fell for him right then and there." "I lived with him all these years. All these years until he passed away when he was 66," she said of her late husband, Clem, who was a carpenter and supervised carpenters. "We had been married for almost 40 years." For years, Lucille Brown, a Louisiana native, taught piano lessons. "Oh. And I also taught accordion," she said. "I taught piano up until here just a few years ago. But the kids stopped practicing; so I told their parents, ’You’re just wasting your money. I can teach them all I know, but if they won’t practice at home, you’re just wasting your money.’ So, I stopped teaching them. Why would you even take lessons if you aren’t going to practice? |
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