{"id":46,"date":"2012-11-28T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/dr-elsie-quarterman-is-102-years-old-today.html"},"modified":"2012-11-28T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T20:56:07","slug":"dr-elsie-quarterman-is-102-years-old-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/dr-elsie-quarterman-is-102-years-old-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Elsie Quarterman is 102 years old today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nElsie Quarterman is 102 years old today.\n\n\"Tennessee<\/a>\nShe was born in Valdosta in 1910,\nplayed basketball for Hahira High School,\ngraduated from Valdosta High School,\ngot a B.A. from Valdosta State College,\nand taught English in Morven, Naylor, Columbus,\nLake Park, and Lyons, Georgia.\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Elsie Quarterman got a Masters and a Ph.D. from Duke University in\nin botany and plant ecology.\n\n\"Elsie,<\/a>\nWhile studying for her Ph.D., she was a professor at Vanderbilt University\nin Nashville, Tennessee, where she\nwas one of the first women full professors and was the first\nwoman department chair (Biology).\nShe specialized in the cedar glades of central Tennessee,\nincluding\n\none now named after her by the state<\/a>.\n\n\"Elsie,<\/a>\nThere is an annual\n\nwildflower festival<\/a>\nnamed after her.\nShe rediscovered the cedar glade Tennessee coneflower, Echinacea tennesseensis,\nwhich previously was thought to be extinct,\nbut has\n\nsince been taken off the endangered species list,<\/a>\npartly due to her work.\nHer wikipedia page<\/a>\nhas more information about her work and her many honors.\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Patrick<\/a>\nAunt Elsie still lives in her own house in Nashville, connected to her nephew\nPatrick’s house, where Patrick and his wife Ann live and take care of her.\n<\/p>\n

\nHere is world traveller Elsie in 2006 leading a family group on the Isle of Skye in Scotland:\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\n\"Isle<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nElsie, Ann, James Campbell (tour guide), Peggy (Elsie’s great-niece)\nand her husband Garner Stewart\n<\/p>\n

\nHere she is at the head of the table in Roslin Castle:\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Roslin<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nGarner, Peggy, Elsie, Nick (great-nephew), Adam, Gladys\n<\/p>\n

\nHere Elsie visits the grave of her great-great-grandparents in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Alexander<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\nElsie, Ann, and Patrick at the grave of\nAlexander Sinclair, Merchant of Thurso, and Catherine Waters, of Brims Castle.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n

\nTheir son Benjamin Waters Sinclair is buried in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia.\nThe rest of the line from his daughter Susan Evalyn Sinclair on to Elsie\nare buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery in Valdosta.\n<\/p>\n

\nElsie and the umbrella:\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Elsie<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\nJames Campbell and Elsie Quarterman at Old St Peters Kirk, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, 2006.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n

\nAunt Elsie continues to be a pride of our family.\n<\/p>\n

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