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Published August 29, 2008 11:32 pm - Senior beauties ready Marie Wadley and Beverly Kinser have proven it’s never late to be a beauty queen.
Both ladies are entered in the Ms. Senior Oklahoma Pageant, sponsored by Grace Hospice Foundation in Tulsa. Wadley, 101, is the Ms. Pleasant Valley Independent Living representative. Both said they are excited to be a part of the pageant. “Of course I am excited,” Wadley said. “I’m not sleeping am I?” Ms. Senior Oklahoma is being held at 2 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Tulsa Community College VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education building. Carolyn McGhay, director of special projects for Grace Hospice Foundation, said this pageant is something the ladies love to do. “This is the third year for us to do this,” she said. “This honors the senior women for the beauty of the mind and spirit. Our numbers in attendance keep rising. We had over 500 people just last year. We have LeAnn Taylor as a judge and Cindy Morrison will be singing.” Wadley moved from assisted living at Pleasant Valley to independent living in an apartment about four years ago. “I love being on my own,” she said. She retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs after 42 years. She was given a distinguished character award by President Harry Truman at the White House. “It was my privilege to meet him,” she said. Wadley also wrote the church history for St. Paul United Methodist Church. She still enjoys reading and playing the organ. “I love music,” she said. “I still do my daily reading.” She said she has two “lovely” grandchildren. 
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