Editor’s note: Mary Alice Powell died Thursday morning in her home. She submitted her final column early last week.
I waited 98 years to celebrate this birthday, and guess where my friends gathered: in a room at Mercy Health St. Vincent’s Medical Center. If you don’t believe it, I couldn’t either. Four days later, I’m back in the “Green Bungalow,” writing my farewell column to my dear readers with love and tears.
The good Lord and the medical profession dictate your choices and mine too. Seventy-three years writing for The Blade has been my honor, my pride, and my love for my readers…