Remember That Time

Laura Simon

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Meet Connie Mayfield, 106, and her sister Belva Banta, 99, as they pose for portraits at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5.

Connie Mayfield, 106, left, and her sister Belva Banta, 99, pose for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, left, and her sister Belva Banta, 99, pose for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Sisters pictured from left to right, Hazel Hutson, Mary Hansen, Connie Mayfield and Belva Banta pose for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sisters pictured from left to right, Hazel Hutson, Mary Hansen, Connie Mayfield and Belva Banta pose for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Belva Banta, 99, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, left, holds her sister Belva Banta's, 99, hand as they pose for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Belva Banta, 99, holds her hands together as she poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Belva Banta, 99, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Belva Banta, 99, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Banta will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 5. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Connie Mayfield, 106, poses for a portrait at Woodland Hills StoneBridge Senior Living Community in Marble Hill, Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)