106-year - old voted for Barack Obama ; ` ` Is n't that something ? '' she asks . Ann Cooper remembers an era when previously , blacks were not allowed to vote . Centenarian was socialite , a leader in Chicago 's black society . `` I ai n't got time to die , '' Cooper said with a smile . ` Mother 's advice to younger generation : Be cheerful , get out and vote .
106-year - old voted for Barack Obama ; ` ` Is n't that something ? '' she asks . Ann Cooper remembers an era when previously , blacks were not allowed to vote . Centenarian was socialite , a leader in Chicago 's black society . Mother 's advice to younger generation : Be cheerful , get out and vote .