At 91, Helen Woodyard Got the Diploma She’d Been Waiting a Lifetime For

At 91, Helen Woodyard Got the Diploma She’d Been Waiting a Lifetime For

After decades of putting herself last, Helen Woodyard returned to school at 88 and finally accomplished a dream she never abandoned.Read more...

91-Year-Old LaGrange Woman Earns GED at WGTC

Helen Woodyard, 91, of LaGrange, Georgia earned her GED after nearly three years, becoming the state's oldest graduate of the credential in a decade.

‘I Am Helping Everybody Else. I Need to Help Myself’: 91-Year-Old Georgia Woman Earns GED and Inspires a New Generation

At 91 years old, Helen Woodyard had already spent decades caring for her family. But after watching all four of her children graduate, the LaGrange, Georgia, grandmother decided it was finally time to accomplish a goal of her own. So, at 88, she went back to school. Nearly three years later, Woodyard walked across a graduation stage and earned her GED, becoming the oldest person in Georgia to receive the credential in the past decade, according …