Lottie Jacks can't wait to walk across the graduation stage on Saturday - the 85-year-old great-grandmother has waited her whole life for this moment! The soon-to-be college grad is on track to receive her bachelor's degree in biology from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 14. Jacks originally enrolled in college in 1948, but dropped out of school one semester short of receiving her degree to marry her longtime sweetheart. "I wanted to finish what I started! All those years, I dreamed of going back to school," she said in an interview with Samford University. Jacks - a mother of four,...
- 5/12/2016
- by Rose Minutaglio, @RoseMinutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Lottie Jacks can't wait to walk across the graduation stage on Saturday - the 85-year-old great-grandmother has waited her whole life for this moment! The soon-to-be college grad is on track to receive her bachelor's degree in biology from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 14. Jacks originally enrolled in college in 1948, but dropped out of school one semester short of receiving her degree to marry her longtime sweetheart. "I wanted to finish what I started! All those years, I dreamed of going back to school," she said in an interview with Samford University. Jacks - a mother of four,...
- 5/12/2016
- by Rose Minutaglio, @RoseMinutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
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