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DeKalb woman celebrates 101st birthday

DeKALB – For Octavia Deatherage, there is not much difference from one birthday to the next after celebrating 101 of them.

“Seems about the same as it did a couple years ago,” Deatherage said on her 101st birthday Thursday.

“I still feel old and feeble,” she added with a laugh.

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