CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Mary Rhodes is celebrating a century. She was born in 1924 and raised just outside of Summerville with her parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
“I still call it the country,” said Rhodes. “We had a lot of fun. It was out in the country and the church was right there close by.”
Talking about her time as a young girl, she had no car… heck, no electricity. She used a paper fan to keep cool in the hot Lowcountry summers.
But there was one time when she was 11, she just had to have some ice cream.
“My cousin, she drove the mule, but I sat on the back holding a block of ice on his rump. To the day I figure how cruel it was because I know his rear-end was frozen by the time we got home, but we got the ice cream made and thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Before so many milestones, one thing she and her family always made sure of… they made it to church every Sunday.
“We were raised in church. We go every Sunday- no matter what, we went.”
Her memories are as vivid today as the day they happened. Like one with her mother.