Plano resident celebrates her 101st birthday
- Audrey Henvey
- Jul 10, 2019
- 1 min read
Originally published May 30, 2019 on the Local Profile of Collin County Magazine website.
Billie Estes sold bulls to go to college, won swing dancing competitions, helped run disaster relief programs with the Red Cross and witnessed the moon landing live on TV.
She’s also turning 101 in May, and she’s sure she doesn’t want a birthday party.
Billie isn’t one to get overly excited about much, she says, including when she turned 100 last year.
“I felt just like I did at 99, or any other age,” she says. “I don’t realize that I’m that old.”
These days, Billie reads around one book a day. She watches football on the television. She also tells stories about her life, such as what it was like growing up on a cotton farm. Or when she got married at 2 a.m. Or the time she filled her house with Democratic Party posters as a joke the night her husband held a Republican Party meeting at their home.
PICKED, CHOPPED AND PLOWED
Swing music plays on Billie’s television in the background the day I visit her house. Dallas Cowboys games, The University of Oklahoma football games and the news are the only other shows ever displayed on the television.
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