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Jacksonville centenarian and great-grandmother shares the secret to living into the triple digits

The year of 1925. Calvin Coolidge was our president. The cost of gas was between 20 to 30 cents a gallon. It was also the year Jacksonville resident and great-grandmother Ola Evans was born. News4JAX visited Mrs. Evans at her Northside home, where she lives with her daughter, Carole Mann, to wish the centenarian a happy birthday and, of course, find out her secrets to living a long life.