She is the queen of her block on Haddon Avenue and a history maker as one of the first Black female employees at Campbell Soup Co. She regularly attends First Nazarene Baptist Church. - Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
A retired Campbell Soup Co. employee who helped break racial barriers at the company’s flagship plant in downtown Camden, New Jersey, Daisy Riley began celebrating her 100th birthday this month in grand style in her Parkside neighborhood. Although she never believed she would reach this milestone, Riley has embraced her new status as a centenarian and credits healthy living and daily meditations with God for her longevity. “I don’t even feel like I’m 100. I know I am,” she said during an interview. “I say ‘Lord, I thank you!’” Wearing a rhinestone-studded tiara and a sash, Riley was heralded o...
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