Dora Patton at 102 Years Old

Dora Patton, 102, grew up in Victoria, Texas and remembers listening to Martin Luther King Junior in the early 1960's. "Everything he talked about is coming out just like he said," Patton said. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Dora Patton, 102, talks about her childhood and what it was like to grow up during the early 1900's at her home in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 6, 2014. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

From left, 102-year-old Dora Patton's great great granddaughter Kanisha Littles, 21, great grandson Michael Bates, 40, and great great granddaughter Galecia Huerta, 25, laugh as they listen to her stories at Patton's home in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 6, 2014. "Despite all the bad things that have happened in the past, she still loves and treats everybody the same," Bates said. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

A letter from The White House addressed to Dora Patton hangs on her wall at her home in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 6, 2014. A letter from the President is traditionally sent to centenarians in celebration of their longevity. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Pots and pans sit in Dora Patton's kitchen in her home in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 6, 2014. At 102-years-old, Patton still lives by herself near to where she grew up. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Shanell Graves, 25, of Victoria, left, laughs as she shares stories with her great great grandmother Dora Patton, 102, at Patton's home in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 6, 2014. "Her still being here? It means a lot to me," Graves said of Patton. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

The Victoria Advocate | February 8, 2014