Granny Mary
nee Mary Ewen

b. 5 May 1878, Coley Mountain, Manchester, Jamaica
d. Aged 128, 10 April 2007

The oldest person in Jamaica, Granny Mary was a self taught midwife, nanny and farmer. At 128 years old, she was also believed to the one of the oldest living people in the world. As a midwife, she delivered most of the babies in the local district extending to three generations. An article in the Jamaica Gleaner said: “delivering the eulogy, Michelle Moser of the Northern Caribbean University said that Granny Mary passionate about delivering babies and would always mount her mule and ride for miles to assist women in labour”. Granny Mary was also said to remain with the mothers and their babies for up to a month after delivering the child. She was widely known for the traditional methods she used to deliver babies and save the lives of labouring mothers.

Granny attributed her long life God’s blessing, eating healthy natural foods and she never drank alcohol. Her father is also reported to have lived for 130 years. Granny has six children with Tommy Ewen and 25 grand, great-grand and great-great-grand children