Sisters to celebrate milestones

Ruth Penland turning 105; sister Sue Crittenden celebrating 100th birthday

  • Ruth Penland, left, and Sue Crittenden, right, will have a drop-in celebration for their birthdays from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at First Baptist Church in Swannanoa, N.C. Penland will be 105 on June 18 and Crittenden will be 100 on August 2. Anyone who would like to attend will be welcomed. The family requests no gifts.
    Ruth Penland, left, and Sue Crittenden, right, will have a drop-in celebration for their birthdays from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at First Baptist Church in Swannanoa, N.C. Penland will be 105 on June 18 and Crittenden will be 100 on August 2. Anyone who would like to attend will be welcomed. The family requests no gifts.
  • Five generations of the Penland family are, front from left, Ruth Ford Penland, Josie Mae Sluder; middle, Austin Sluder; back, Jim Penland and Ladonna Penland Sluder.
    Five generations of the Penland family are, front from left, Ruth Ford Penland, Josie Mae Sluder; middle, Austin Sluder; back, Jim Penland and Ladonna Penland Sluder.
Special to the Progress   Ruth Ford Penland and her twin brother, Rex, were born June 19, 1918 to Edney and Bessie Sluder Ford at their grandparents George and Rena Bridges Ford’s home in Warne, N…

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