Annie Lee Dantzler celebrated her 108th birthday on April 27.
A resident of Edisto Post-Acute, the Bowman native was born on April 27, 1917, to the late Edmund and Rebecca Shuler Dantzler.
Dantzler still gardened with a tiller up until her early 90s.
She and her eight siblings were raised on a farm, and she and her sister, Lizzie Mae, 98, are the only surviving children. Their sister, Idella Dantzler Smith of Orangeburg, died on Feb. 26, 2022, at the age of 101.
The 108-year-old celebrated her birthday at Edisto Post-Acute with her sister and other members of her family, including her great-nephew, Rezell Dantzler, and her niece, Mary Butler, and Mary’s husband, Young.
She said she felt “all right” about celebrating another birthday.
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“I thank God to be here,” Dantzler said, noting that she also appreciated the care she received at Edisto Post Acute, where she still walks the halls and sometimes visits other residents.
“They treat you all right,” she said.
Dantzler is a member of Andrew Chapel Baptist Church, where she joined at an early age and served faithfully in various activities until age 98, when her health began to fail.
Mary said her aunt is a special lady who has been blessed with long life.
“I just feel it’s truly a blessing from the Lord. She’s thanking the Lord for being here. She has strong faith,” she said.
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