Telegram - Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944

This week's SENIOR STAR is MARY FRANCES BATIE

Mary is 88 years old and lives in the City of Detroit.

She was born in Greenville, Mississippi and moved to Detroit at the age of 6. She has 7 children, 14 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

She wants readers of the Telegram to put God first in your life. 'Put a bridle on my tongue, first thing in the morning.' I say that to myself and that's what my mother (Mattie Walton) would say.

Her dad, Will Walton was a Licensed Barber. He had a Barber Shop and Grocery Store. He sold everything. Her mother work...