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Woman Celebrates 107th Birthday And Says She Drinks Coca-Cola Every Day

It’s not the kind of advice we’ve heard before!

A Florida woman is celebrating her 107th birthday. What a milestone! According to the 107-year-old, the secret to her long life is drinking Coca-Cola every day. Yummy! She goes by the name of Frances Brassey and is allegedly the oldest living resident in Hillsborough County, as per staff at her assisted living facility.

Frances, who was born in Montana on October 4th, 1912, only 6 months after the sinking of the Titanic, now lives in New Tampa, Florida. Her assisted living facility is called Legacy at Highwoods Preserve. Accordingt to Legacy’s Lifestyle Director, Ashley Gunter, Frances has traveled the world and keeps knick-knacks from those places, including china, which she keeps in her room with her.

Frances’s secret to a long life is drinking Coca-Cola every day!
Frances Brassey / Ashley Victoria Photography

Frances retired to Florida in the 1980s and move into the assisted living facility at the age of 103 years old! Now the facility has thrown a party in celebration of Frances’s 107th birthday. They invited all the residents living there to help celebrate.

They would also make Frances surprised with a birthday photo session from Ashley Victoria Photography to help document the day. The 107-year-old even gets her hair done and puts on a birthday Tiara, as we can see in the photo above!

Everyone played their part in her birthday party!
Frances Brassey / Ashley Victoria Photography

Gunter says that when asked about her secret to longevity, Frances says it’s because she drinks Coca-Cola every day. Though we’re not sure how much she drinks, it sounds like a pretty sweet deal! We’ve heard about some people crediting a long life to whiskeyand Betty White has even credited a diet of vodka and hotdogs.

Meet Frances Brassey via the video coverage below and get a sneak peek of her birthday party!

This story originally appeared at Do You Remember by Jane Kenney.