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George Jones shows no signs of slowing down.

Mr. Jones, who has written for decades, refuses to get paid for his work. Courtesy of George Jones

Back in ’24, George Jones probably spent a lot of time playing.

Of course, that was in 1924, when he was a toddler. In 2024, the 101-year-old World War II veteran spends a lot of time writing columns for the local newspaper. He might need a walker to get around his assisted-living facility in Monroeville, Alabama, and there’s a bit of gravel in his voice, but his brain isn’t on Social Security. “Sharp as a tack” is a term that would aptly apply to Mr. Jones.