Grim news for women in Emporia
Cadesha Boone, 17, says she isn’t worried about her health, but has cut back on drinking soda. She spends her afternoons playing on a grassy field at the Peace of Mind Ministry day camp. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
At the Uptown Beauty Styling Salon, owner Eletha Gillus, right, says she is surprised by the data that suggest life expectancy for women has fallen here in Greensville County, Va. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Alice Moore, 85, left, and Elizabeth Ribout, 82, chat while their hair is drying at The Hair Station. They have both lived longer than the average in Greenville County, which is 75. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Mary Baird works on a client at her salon, The Hair Station. She said she gave up fried foods after her mother’s heart gave out. Smoking and
Sandy Kei, 78, left, a regular at Logan’s Diner, had quadruple bypass surgery about 20 years ago, but hasn’t changed his diet of hush puppies, french fries and fried fish. “When your number is up, your number is up,” he said. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)