The supercentenarian was born in 1905 and grew up in North Louisiana with his six siblings. He became an Army private and served during.jpg)
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World War II in the Naples-Foggia Campaign in Italy, which lasted from September 1943 to January 1944. He was discharged in 1945.
The Lake Charles man plans to celebrate his big day with his family in Shreveport but the occasion has drawn well wishes all the way from Washington.
The White House sent a letter to Levingston congratulating him both on his birthday last year and his military service.
“We trust you take enormous pride in everything you have accomplished,” the letter read.
But Levingston isn’t surprised he has made it to 110 — he predicated this birthday long ago.
“A young lady asked him ‘Mr. Frank how old are you going to live?’ He said ‘110,’” his good friend Pamela Gobert told the TV station. “That's what he said.”
Gobert met Levingston just before his 104th birthday. She’s been by his side ever since, spending nearly every day with her pal.
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“He's always got a kind word and he lets me know that sometimes it's not how you start, it's how you finish,” she said. “He taught me about life.”
Levingston had little formal education, but learned life lessons from his parents. He still shares those words of wisdom with his friends
“Be honest. That goes a long ways,” he said.
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