Forsythe was given a 100th celebration earlier this month hosted by the Osage Hills Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, an organization in which she is an active member.
The Oklahoma native said the celebration involved a large gathering that garnered press attention, including an interview with the local news station.
Forsythe was born, raised and has lived her life in Sand Springs. According to the soon-to-be-official centenarian, her passions in life include music and the Bible.
She said her husband, to whom she was married to from 1942 until his death in 2011, was her high school sweetheart.
“He was beautiful. He was handsome.… And he had a bass voice that won first in this state when he was in high school,” she said.
Forsythe, an alto herself, said she often joined her husband to sing with banjo bands in the neighboring communities and at nice restaurants in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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