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Kennedy: Multiple sclerosis, the great time thief, held at bay by 95-year-old

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Multiple sclerosis is an insidious companion.

Sometimes, it ducks into the shadows. Other times, it jumps out with menace. Always, it tests a person’s character.

Chattanooga’s Louise Miller, who turned 95 years old on Nov. 12, was featured in a Chattanooga News-Free Press article way back in 1979 after being named the area’s “MS Mother of the Year.”

If you are counting, that was 37 years ago.

Miller still has a framed copy of the newspaper article on her wall. It was a big, six-column story. She was pictured with her now-deceased husband, Austin, who owned Scenic Land Printing and Sales Co.