Lubbock woman celebrates 102nd birthday with cards, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
Louise Virginia Owen of Lubbock celebrated her 102nd birthday over the weekend, receiving a birthday card for each year of her life so far - and many more.
Her family helped her mark the occasion by asking people to send her 102 birthday cards. Just ahead of her birthday, she had 249, with more coming in, according to to her granddaughter, Ashlee Schneider. The cards came from all over, ranging from a birthday greeting from Lubbock Mayor Tray Payne to a card from the office of Former President Donald Trump.
Schneider described her grandmother as a woman of varied interests.
"She loves birds, gardening and watching sports," Schneider said. Owen spent her birthday with family and attending Saturday's Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball game against Texas Christian University at United Supermarkets Arena. Tech would win the game 71-65. She celebrated with a meal at Rave On in Buddy Holly Hall.
Virginia, as she likes to be called, is enrolled in a centenarian study through Boston University. She was born at home on Jan. 27, 1922 in Woodward, Iowa, Schneider said. At age 19, she moved to California in search of a career and married her husband within six weeks. The two founded a trucking company in 1947 and she would later move to Lubbock.
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