Randolph County AlArchives News.....Noles, Julia 102 Still good "Hoe Hand"   July 17, 1947
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Roanoke Leader July 17, 1947
For the past sixty years, ever since she was a mere girl of 42, Mrs. Julie 
Noles, of Graham, Route 1, has lived in the little community known as Lovvorn's 
Crossroads in the northern part of Randolph County. One hundred and two years 
ago this coming October, Mrs. Noles was born on a farm situated on the spot now 
known as Opelika, Alabama. A short time later, the family moved to another small 
farm near Tuscaloosa, where she lived throughout the years of the War Between 
the States. During this time, she recalls very vividly occasional visits to the 
surrounding communities by Jefferson Davis, then President of the Confederacy. 
Some few years afterwards, Mrs. Noles moved to Randolph County and settled on 
the forty-acre farm on which she now lives. Her place has been farmed for some 
years now by one of her sons, even though Mrs. Noles still picks her share of 
the cotton during the picking season. She also takes a good deal of pride in her 
garden, in which she was hoeing away at the time she was approached by the 
writer of this article. Corn, potatoes, and roses appear to be her specialty, 
although she grows a variety of other vegetables and flowers. One of the most 
notable events in recent years, as far as Mrs. Noles is concerned, came about 
only last year when her four sons finally persuaded her to let them have the old 
home place wired for electricity. Now one of the more ardent boosters of the 
Alabama Power Company in the community is Mrs. Julie Noles. She says she likes 
it best in the kitchen where it does her churning. As soon as appliances become 
readily available, her sons have promised her an electric pump and refrigerator 
to further lighten her household duties. Although Mrs. Noles is nearing the ripe 
old age of 102, her only recent period of inactivity was during a slight case of 
blood poisoning last year. Healthy, happy, and active, Mrs. Noles is truly at 
grand old lady.

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