Local restaurant owner has no plans to slow down, even at age 95 [Video]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – With the energy of someone decades younger, Alice “Ma” Harper maneuvered around the small kitchen of her San Antonio restaurant one recent morning, making sure everything was just right for the lunchtime crowd.

“We got rice ready, beans ready, gumbo ready. I’m going to make the sandwich,” she said, ticking off a mental checklist.

The preparation work had staff members scrambling around.

But even at the age of 95, the owner of Ma Harper’s Creole Cuisine said she has no plans to slow down.

“You don’t die from working. You die from not working,” Harper said, emphatically. “I’m not ready to stop because there’s a lot of help needed out there.”

With her business, located on North New Braunfels Avenue just down the street from the gates of Fort Sam Houston, Harper has been helping the community for 33 years.

That includes keeping her customers happy, as well as feeding the hungry all across the city.

“I …