Henry Phillips-Clarke joined the rapidly expanding 100-year-club at the St Michael Geriatric Hospital on Beckles Road yesterday.
Staff say there are about six other centenarians at the hospital, and another such celebration is expected in November. The newest inductee became a resident in July after suffering a fall.
The smartly dressed Phillips-Clarke, who is blind, still has his wits about him and does not suffer from any medical condition.
He was dressed early and waiting for the celebrations for his milestone to begin. While he was excited about the attention, Phillips-Clarke would only say: “I all right for now.”
“Some days and some weeks I does feel uncomfortable. Some days I feel good. I give God the praise,” he said.
Phillips-Clarke regaled hospital staff and the DAILY NATION with stories from the time he lived in Chance Hall, St Lucy, moving to town as a boy where he attended Wesley Hall Boys’ School and being an active member of the Salvation Army Church in Reed Street, The City.
“Although I am an old man I could still remember certain things,” Phillips-Clarke said matter-of-factly on several occasions.
