Sitting on a couch in her South Richmond home, Ruby Turner exudes strength. It is deeply rooted in her faith, and she often sprinkles her conversations with Scripture. The petite great-grandmother of five won’t disclose her age—“my mother always told us that a woman who would tell her age would tell anything,“ she explained—but she gives no impression of frailty.

Sitting on a couch in her South Richmond home, Ruby Turner exudes strength. It is deeply rooted in her faith, and she often sprinkles her conversations with Scripture. The petite great-grandmother of five won’t disclose her age—“my mother always told us that a woman who would tell her age would tell anything,“ she explained—but she gives no impression of frailty.