A WOMAN who left a message for the future in a time capsule during the country’s 51st Independence celebrations last year has died at the age of 110.

Matilda “Millie” Robinson-Rolle left the message in the capsule when she was aged 109, with Dr Christopher Curry, director of the Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation, saying that the interview with her that was packed into the capsule was important “if you want to capture what life was like at this moment in the country”. She died on Thursday last week.

Millie was born in Black Point, Exuma, on August 19, 1914, and last year told The Tribune how she had the nicknames “lil ting”, “God’s angel” and “Doonga” and had always been cared for since her childhood days.

She said at the time: “Ohhh, they treat me good. Everywhere I go, they treat me good. All my life, I didn’t do nothing (work) from I born and I’m a hundred and how much now?”

She said her golden rule was to do unto others as they would do unto you, adding: “Manners and respect will take you through the world!”

Millie had six children, three boys and three girls – Roy Robinson; Bertie Robinson-Pierce; Rudolph Robinson, Curley Robinson-Williams; Patrick Robinson and one child who died as a baby.

She could often be found at Curley’s porch in Yellow Elder Gardens, where Millie was described as a neighbourhood star.

For her 100th birthday, she received a medal from the late Queen Elizabeth, and for her 110th birthday, she received a medal from King Charles.

Her advice to the nation’s leaders was: “As long as you govern, govern good. Do better. Show the children cleanliness and how to act to one another. Don’t show them the wrong way. Talk to the man up there, and mean it!”