MAGGIE BRICE SNELL BROKER / OWNER / REALTOR®
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quickly as before her recent bout with COVID, there was no doubt that she was fully present and understood everything said. “Are you comfortable?” she asked when I leaned forward from the sofa to catch her soft-spoken words on my recorder. How Cathy came to be her caregiver is quite a story in itself. “She and my aunt were neighbors in Lyons for many years. Ms. Banks was in her late 90s when my aunt became her caregiver,” said Cathy. “I met Ms. Banks at my aunt’s house when she was 102. I always enjoyed listening to her stories. She once told me that she ‘accidently’ met Dr. Martin Luther King. “How did that happen?” I asked. “Ms. Banks saw a crowd of people outside someone’s house and went to check it out,” said Cathy. “Somehow, she got pushed inside with the crowd, and in walked Dr. King.” But the thing that really brought Cathy and Ms. Banks together was their shared passion for fishing, “I started taking her fishing with me while she was in my aunt’s care,” said Cathy. “Ms. Banks baited the hook herself, cast the rod, and even took the fish she caught off the hook herself.” When Cathy’s aunt had to have back surgery, Ms. Banks went into the nursing home. She had never had children, and without a caregiver, there seemed no other option. “Because of COVID,” said Cathy, “no one could visit, and she couldn’t leave. Even though Ms. Banks was 104, I knew she was still in good health. But I felt like she would quickly decline in there alone with all the visiting restrictions.” Cathy had never worked in healthcare. After high school, she attended college in Atlanta with the intention of teaching school. But by the time she graduated with her bachelor of science in mathematics, she said, “I knew I didn’t want to teach in a school setting.” Instead, she found her niche in tutoring students outside the classroom. After Ms. Banks had been in
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ABOVE An avid fisherwoman, Ms. Banks received a congratulatory video from the 2020 and 2021 U.S. Bass Master Classic Champion Hank Cherry in recognition of her 104th birthday. H O M E TO W N L I V I N G AT I T S B E S T
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