The upsurge of crime and violence, the economic recession and all other crises affecting the world come as no surprise to 102-year-old Francilla Anglin, who says this is merely a fulfilment of the Bible.

Anglin, a born-again Christian who knows her Bible inside out, says the worst is yet to come as the events recorded in the book of Revelation have started to occur.

"Worse is going to come. It won't get better because the Bible tells me in Revelation that the prophesies must be fulfilled before God comes," Anglin said.

never a party person

Always focusing on 'heavenly things', she was never a party person as she was constantly working to gain a place in heaven when she dies.

"I was never too excited about grand market or jonkonnu. The things of the world never attract me so much because I was thinking about the things to come," she said. "When I read my Bible and see the things that God has promised me to enjoy, I think about the fact that we are going to have a better life."

She was born on September 18, 1907, in Springfield in rural St James, to William Houde and Ethel Williams. She was the eldest of six girls and three boys and is the only living member of that family.

She attended Kensington Elementary School for girls and after leaving there her father bought a plot of land in Tangle River. She still resides in that community. At her age, she is still quite alert and never struggles to remember any information about her years as a youth.

too much competition

"When I left school I started doing embroidery, but I saw that it could not make much money because there was too much competition so I started to do farming," she recalled.

She sold her produce at the market in her community and retired from did farming in 1998.

Anglin told the star that she got married twice as her first marriage to the late Uriah Gordon was not working. This eight-year marriage produced her only child, a daughter. She again got married in 1968 to Richard Anglin who predeceased her in 1980. Though she has only one child she has 22 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

"He (Richard) used to work for me on my farm and I would take care of his children cause their mother had died. We had done so much for each other I thought that we needed to get married."

Though her years of growing up were rough and challenging, she said, "I would live it all over again if I could."