100-year-old Woman Raps at Easter service as town names a day in her honor

One sprightly 100-year-old celebrated Easter in an unusual way - by rapping at church.
Verna Owen bust out some rhymes at the service in Chesapeake, Virginia. But this display of her many skills won't surprise anyone that knows her. 
The centenarian is well-known as a journalist, poet and athlete at the Senior Games. The mayor of Spring Lake, NC, where she lived for 58 years, even declared a 'Verna Owen Day' when she reached 100.

Owen's rap began: 'It's a cruel, cruel world when you stop to think. If you want to survive you got to swim or sink. So we mustn’t stop when we're growing older. We must soldier the burden like a very brave soldier.'

The inspirational rhyme continues: So on with the show; do it nice and neat. Today is the day we must all compete. That is knock 'em cold! Bring on the Gold. As you all know there's rappin' in my soul.'

Besides rapping and writing rap-style lyrics, Owen penned a column for the Spring Lake News starting in 1953. She also wrote a column for the Fayetteville Observer from 1999.

Owen is also a regular competitor in the national Senior Games. 

She has won 300 medals at the events in the 50 meter walk, football kick and throw, softball hit and throw, bowling, billiards, cornhole, Frisbee bowl and Frisbee throw, shotput and discus.