Today, at the age of 92, she still wears the color proudly. Born Nov. 12, 1916, she grew up on a farm in Sycamore, Ohio, as one of five girls. None of them were ever Girl Scouts while growing up.

Thank you for teaching us to live the Girl Scout Law each and every day. Thank you for wearing this uniform alongside me. Advertisement When you wear a uniform, you wear your “colors” like a ...

On Tuesday, a troop in San Antonio wore purple, her favorite color, in her honor. And as a crowd entered a church later that afternoon for Amerie’s funeral, several Girl Scouts filed into the ...