From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — The oldest member of First Baptist Trussville was shown love from her fellow church members for her 100th birthday on June 1, 2019.
Earline Bain was celebrated on Saturday, June 1, at Sherry’s Restaurant. Friends and family were in attendance. She received a mailbox full of cards on Saturday. She spent the entire day reading through over 100 cards. The following Monday, several First Baptist members, Suellen Edmondson, Nyla Massey, Brenda Branch-Pendleton and Janet Matthews, along with seasoned adult minister Bob Smith, celebrated with her at her home.
Bain has lived in Trussville her entire life and has been a member of First Baptist since her early teen years. She remembers attending First Baptist when it was on Highway 11, near the cemetery. Bain said she was about 10-years-old when she was saved and baptized in Sulphur Springs.
Bain was married for 67 years and had three children. She now has six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Earline still lives in Trussville with her daughter, Betty.
When asked what her secret to looking so well at age 100, she said, “Good, clean living!”