100-year-old Macon man gets proclamation: April 6 is Mr. Young Buddy Barron Day
Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller has pronounced April 6th Mr. Young Buddy Barron Day, after Buddy joined the Centenarian Club. Author: Katelyn Sabater (13WMAZ) Updated: 11:29 PM EDT April 12, 2021
MACON, Ga. Georgia Living Senior Care reports that only about one out of every 5,000 Americans makes it into the Centenarian Club, those who live to at least 100. One of the club s newest members lives in Macon.
Every day, you can find 100-year-old Young Barron, known as Buddy, sitting on his front porch.
“Well, I sit out here and enjoy, think about the old times when I first come to Macon, how everything looked and how everything was,” said Buddy.