Alexandria Honors “Living Treasure”

“A Living Treasure”
That’s how Alexandria Mayor Bennett Armstrong describes Carrie Smith.
At 102 years young, Ms Carrie is believed to be Alexandria’s oldest resident and she is being recognized as part of February’s Black History Month observance. Ms Carrie is a resident of 112 Shady Lane.
As a child, Ms. Carrie remembers being raised in a Christian home and her baptism. She also recalled times “when we played in the back yard until mama would call us in” and when her parents would say to her “you’d better hop to it or you’ll get a switching”.
Ms. Carrie mentioned some of the innovations that have come about in her lifetime and commented about the nation’s first African-American President, Barack Obama, saying “He used God’s wisdom”.
When asked her secret for the long life she has lived, Ms Carrie responded “God’s love in Jesus Christ”.