A trailblazer in maternal and prenatal healthcare in St Ann, Dorrett Wood Brown recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends.

“I feel happy. I just thank God. I find it very difficult to find the words to describe the feeling,” Wood Brown told Observer Online. “My parents also contributed to my upbringing. The Lord’s blessing is on me.”

Born in Bethany on April 8, 1926, Brown was the second of eight children and is now the last surviving sibling.