Port Royal’s Ruth Coates celebrates her 103rd birthday Saturday, March 30 at the Pigeon Point Road home of grandson Trey Coates and his wife Trisha Coates. Submitted photos

Happy 103rd Birthday!

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Ruth Coates (second from right) and five members of the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) celebrate Coates’ 103rd birthday on Saturday, March 30. Gail Newton (front left) holding the sign is the current Chapter Regent. Marian Rollings, in the red shirt and holding the sign, is a Past Regent of the Chapter, as are Harriett Bosiack (left behind Gail), Nancy Crowther, and Charlene Shufelt (far right). Coates is the sole surviving charter member of the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter, DAR, organized on April 5, 1976. She continues her active membership in the Chapter.

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