This is a republication of the story by award-winning journalist Desmond Allen, first carried in the Sunday Observer of December 26, 2004. Grub Cooper's story is featured among 20 outstanding Jamaican.
Living to 104 years is no small feat and for Velma Stephens this is nothing short of a blessing. Stephens, whose maiden name Worrell, was welcomed into the world on September 19, 1919. She was married.