Kelly Batchelor hails from the small crossroads community of Cabin in Duplin County in eastern North Carolina. Since 1989 Kelly has been actively employed in radio.
In this July 12, 2011, file photo, Gladys Sheneman, right, performs with her band for the lunch crowd at Pine Creek Church of the Brethren in North Liberty. At the time, she was days away from turning 97. Shenemen died Dec. 11 at the age of 106.
Tribune File Photo/BARBARA ALLISON