Tributes to Britain’s greatest gran who has 187 generations of grandchildren after she died aged 93
Jessie Smith's son paid a loving tribute to the matriarch of the huge family, after her death last week.The proud gran was dubbed Britain's greatest granShe had 187 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren.
The youngest are her great-great-great granddaughters, who are three months old, and her eldest grandchild is 56.Jessie’s son Peter, 61, told The Sun: “She will be missed by everyone in the family.“It is a shame we can’t all be at the funeral but we will manage to be together. "She's always been a fighter. What happened the last three months or so, she went to stay with my sister."And I'd be going down looking after her garden and sending her pictures. She really loved her garden."She's always loved her family and her grandchildren always looked up to her and could always go round and have a chat.
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