FOLEY — Ms. Ida Callaway will celebrate her 105th birthday on Feb. 27 at Wolf Bay Lodge in Foley. The celebration is open to the community from 2 to 4 p.m. Wolf Bay is providing cake, light refreshments and an opportunity for the public to give their well wishes to Callaway. A proclamation will be presented to Callaway on behalf of Mayor John Koniar and the City of Foley Council, as well as an accommodation from the State of Alabama Department of Education. Tim Russell, Probate Judge of Baldwin County will also be in attendance.

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Callaway was born in Bay Minette on Feb. 23, 1911. She attended Bay Minette Elementary School and graduated from Baldwin County High School in 1929. She then went to State Normal School in Daphne and received her degree from Livingston State Teachers College in 1931. Callaway spent the next 50 years teaching, primarily in Bon Secour. After her retirement in 1981, she became a substitute teacher throughout Baldwin County for another 25 years. She and her husband, Houston Callaway, were married for 55 years and had two sons, Warren and James. Callaway still resides in Baldwin County and is considered by many to be the oldest living Baldwin County native and one of the oldest living educators in the state of Alabama.

“Ida Callaway has touched so many lives,” says Char Haber, owner of Wolf Bay Lodge. “It is an honor and a privilege to provide a venue for our community to be able to say ‘thank you,’ and to let her know just how much she means to them. She is an inspiration to us all.”

Theresa Cuellar Redditt, former student of Ms. Callaway’s at Swift School stated, “As a child, I used to think Mrs. Callaway was really strict. However, now that I am an adult I know that she just genuinely cared about each one of her students. She possessed an innate ability to see the potential in everyone and taught us so many wonderful things.”

When asked what her favorite memory of Callaway was, Redditt answered, “The Spring Festival that Ms. Callaway coordinated at school each year is definitely one of my best memories. She would teach us folk dances and when we reached seventh grade we were allowed to do them around the Maypole. I still remember exactly how to weave that pink ribbon!”

For more information regarding the celebration please email Lindsay@wolfbaylodge.com.

About Wolf Bay Lodge: Wolf Bay Lodge is a family-owned Baldwin County tradition known for its high quality fresh seafood, certified Angus hand cut steaks and local ambience. Its rich history began as a bait shop nestled in the trees along the beautiful waters of Wolf Bay in Elberta purchased by the Wrape family in 1973. They now have two locations – 20801 Miflin Road (County Road 20) in Foley and 26619 Perdido Beach Boulevard (Zeke’s Landing) in Orange Beach. Visit them at WolfBayLodge.com or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.