PENSACOLA, Fla. — Pensacola resident Ms. Millie celebrated her 105th birthday on Friday at the Waterford at Carpenter’s Creek.
Millie’s life has spanned nearly every major chapter of modern American history, from growing up in Depression-era Detroit to starting a new chapter in Pensacola surrounded by family as she marks another birthday milestone.
Born in 1921 in Detroit to immigrant parents, she grew up during the Great Depression in a busy household that included her brother, sister, parents, grandparents, and several other relatives…