Palm Coast resident Mabel Dunbar turns 109

Dunbar was born in Jamaica on Sept. 5, 1914. She has lived in Florida since 1994.

By Sierra Williams
| 2:05 p.m. September 30, 2023

Mabel Dunbar, at her 105th birthday party. She turned 109 on Sept. 5 this year. File photo

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Palm Coast resident Mabel Dunbar turned 109 years old on Sept. 5.

Dunbar was born in 1914 in Jamaica and has lived in Florida since 1994. She lives with her only daughter, Minora Rosenthal, in Palm Coast and has four grandchildren and "almost too many great-grandkids to count," Rosenthal said.

Rosenthal has lived with her mother for almost 50 years, since Rosenthal and her husband brought Dunbar to live with them in New York in the 1960s.

Nowadays, Rosenthal said, her mother doesn't get out much but is still a very religious person and loves to cook — she even makes her own breakfast every morning. Rosenthal said her mother still has a good memory and loves to share her stories.

"She's a very pleasant person and a big talker," Rosenthal said. "If you come here, you don't get a chance to say very much."