Graduating at age 78

Associated Press · May 15, 1967

White-haired and 78 years old Theodosia Johnson will be the oldest member of the graduating class tonight as she gets her diploma from the evening classes at the Rochelle High School at Lakeland, Fla. Miss Johnson said she was born on a farm in Georgia and is the stepdaughter of a former slave. She went back to school to learn her numbers and became interested in history.