Na­tion­al awardee Beu­lah Par­ris has achieved an­oth­er mile­stone, that is, at­tain­ing the age of 100.

Par­ris, who was ho­n­oured with the Pub­lic Ser­vice Medal of Mer­it (Sil­ver) in 1984 by then-pres­i­dent Sir El­lis Clarke, turned 100 on June 5.

She had al­so re­ceived the Habi­tat 2000 award from the Unit­ed Na­tions Cen­tre for Hu­man Set­tle­ments in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the City of Port-of-Spain, along with The City Day award in 2014 for her out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice.

Par­ris al­so holds the dis­tinc­tion of be­ing the first fe­male town clerk of the City of Port-of-Spain.

To mark her 100th birth­day, rel­a­tives and loved ones host­ed a cel­e­bra­tion on Sat­ur­day at their St Joseph home.

Among the cel­e­brants was Min­is­ter of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices Don­na Cox who com­mend­ed the fam­i­ly for the love and ex­cep­tion­al care shown to Par­ris, ac­knowl­edg­ing its role in her longevi­ty.

Min­is­ter Cox pre­sent­ed Par­ris with a Cer­tifi­cate of Ho­n­our and Achieve­ment, recog­nis­ing her valu­able con­tri­bu­tions to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

De­spite her many ac­com­plish­ments, Par­ris in­di­cat­ed that her proud­est mo­ment was pro­vid­ing care for her moth­er and aunts un­til their pass­ing and that the most im­por­tant life les­son is to be hap­py.

"Be hum­ble and love every mo­ment of your life. Be hap­py," she said.

The new cen­te­nar­i­an now finds plea­sure in keep­ing abreast of all the lat­est news and de­vel­op­ments, ad­mit­ting that she reads the news­pa­per dai­ly from cov­er to cov­er.