"Oklahoma
Way" Centenarian Bios
Doris Eaton
Travis, 102, lives in Norman.
She is the only surviving Ziegfeld
Follies girl, having appeared
in the Follies from 1918 to 1920,
where she performed with many
of popular performers of the period,
including Will Rogers and W.C.
Fields. Ms. Travis appeared in
movies throughout the 1920s. After
her film career, she became a
dance instructor and at one time
owned several dance studios. After
retiring, Ms. Travis and her husband,
Paul, purchased a ranch in Norman,
which she still operates to this
day. In 1992, at the age of 88,
Ms. Travis graduated cum laude
from the University of Oklahoma
with a degree in history.
Rev. Otis Clark,
103, lives in Tulsa. In 1921,
he witnessed firsthand the horrors
of the Tulsa Race Riot. Shortly
after the riot, Mr. Clark moved
to California, where, among other
jobs, he worked as a butler for
Charlie Chaplain. In his 20s,
Mr. Clark dedicated himself to
the ministry and spent his life
traveling the United States preaching
the gospel. Three weeks before
filming the commercial, Mr. Clark
took his first-ever international
trip to Zimbabwe.
Granville Morgan,
100, lived in Bethany and passed
away shortly after filming the
commercial. Mr. Morgan was a Golden
Gloves boxer and fitness instructor
for the YMCA. In 1942, Mr. Morgan
was one of twelve persons sent
to Oklahoma City to establish
the Oklahoma City Air Depot, which
eventually became Tinker Air Force
Base. After his retirement from
Tinker AFB in 1971 he became a
volunteer ombudsman for the Department
of Human Services, visiting residents
of many nursing homes. Mr. Morgan
ran marathons into his eighties
and tended a large garden, fruit
trees and grapevines well into
his nineties.
Mae Macy,
102, of Crescent, was born on
an Oklahoma Centennial Farm outside
of Crescent. Her family, the Murrys,
helped to found Crescent and Ms.
Macy spent her life, and celebrated
her 100th birthday, at the same
farm. Ms. Macy was the first woman
in Crescent to own a car. Ms.
Macy was a school teacher in a
one-room school house. In 1952
she graduated from Central State
University. Ms. Macy has two children,
Peggy and Phil, and enjoys playing
bridge to this day.
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