Bernice Bohannon: An Indiana Treasure With 111 Years of Stories and Lessons
INDIANAPOLIS–Bernice Bohannon, who lives in the heart of Indianapolis, is anything but urban. The day after she turned 111, Bohannon remembered growing up in Kentucky on a tobacco farm.
“We’d raise tobacco, cut it, cure it, pile it up and take it and have it sold,” she said. When asked if she’d ever smoked it, she said, no way. She left that to other people. “Let them have it!” She feels growing up on a farm had its advantages, especially during the Great Depression, which she says didn’t affect she or her husband much.