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PHOTO GALLERY: Family celebrates grandmother's birthday on July 4

Saturday, July 4, 2009 | 6:19 p.m. CDT; updated 7:00 p.m. CDT, Saturday, July 4, 2009

Zach Huddleston blows out the candles on his grandmother Dorothy Huddleston's birthday cake on Saturday at Cosmo-Bethel Park. Each year, the family gathers to celebrate her birthday as well as Independence Day.   ¦  Irene Rojas

BY Irene Rojas

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COLUMBIA — Family members gathered Saturday in Cosmo-Bethel Park for Dorothy Huddleston's 84th birthday and Independence Day festivities.

Pam Huddleston, left, hugs her mother-in-law Dorothy Huddleston during a birthday gathering for Dorothy Huddleston on Saturday at Cosmo-Bethel Park. "Today, the birthday girl can get anything," joked the birthday girl, whose family calls her Grandma Huddy.   ¦  Irene Rojas

Dorothy Huddleston, right, adjusts a chair at a celebration for her 84th birthday on Saturday at Cosmo-Bethel Park. Four generations of the Huddleston family attended the celebration.   ¦  Irene Rojas

B.J. Powers cooks burgers at a celebration for Dorothy Huddleston's birthday on Saturday at Cosmo-Bethel Park.   ¦  Irene Rojas

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