At

103, Nettie Knight is still experiencing

"firsts."

This

year, as part of her 103rd birthday celebration,

her friends at Southland Nursing Home in

Peachtree City coordinated with Moby from Kicks

101.5 country radio station to have her talk on

the radio for the first time in her life.

During

their on-air conversation, Moby asked Knight to

say his well-known line, "Yeah, baby!"

She came back with her own version, "Hey,

baby, baby" which elicited a chuckle from

Moby.

Knight

also had another first - she received a

birthday greeting from the crew of "Good Day

Atlanta" while her photo was shown on the

morning television show.

Asked

what she would do to make her 104th birthday

unique, Knight just smiled, shook her head and

said, "I don't know. I just don't

know."

More

than 60 celebrants joined Knight for her birthday

celebration at Southland Nursing Home Friday, one

week after her actual birth date of April 1.

She

received flowers, shoes, a basket of goodies,

fingernail polish and many other gifts from

friends and relatives.

Knight

has four children, 30 grandchildren, 60

great-grandchildren, five great-great

grandchildren and three great-great-great

grandchildren. With a shy smile, she admitted to

not being able to remember all of her

grandchildren's names.

She

was born in 1897 and lived in Whitesville, Ga.,

until 1995. She was married to Erskine Knight for

66 years. While married, she worked as a cook,

cleaned a doctor's house and was a care giver.

Knight

is known at Southland for her sense of humor.

"She is very quiet-spoken, but loves joking

with the staff," said Angie Brown, activity

director at Southland. "She often sits in

her doorway to give us a smack as we go by, just

to keep us straight."

According

to roommate Nancy Brown, "She's a pleasure

and has a good sense of humor. We've been

together for at least three or four years, so I

know her well."

Knight

attributes her longevity to her love of others

and desire to do good.

She

also keeps active. Asked what she enjoyed doing

most at Southland, she replied, "I like to

play ball. Any game having to do with a

ball."

Knight

has been in the Southland Beauty Pageant for the

past four years. This year she was the second

runner-up.

Family

is a high priority with Knight. She spends time

with members of her large family, and often goes

with them on special family outings. She was

active in their school activities and enjoyed

"serving and worshipping in church."

She was a member of the Rose Chapel United

Methodist Church and said, "I've always been

a Methodist."

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