A Suffolk native turning 100 today used to be known as one of the best dancers in town, and she still can’t resist bustin’ a move now and then.

“I shake it up,” Florida Beatrice Haughton will tell visitors to her room at Autumn Care. She wiggles in her wheelchair to prove the point.

Haughton is the only child of Thomas and Susie Haughton. She was born in Jericho and lived almost her entire life at 1907 E. Washington St.

Though she had no siblings, “Ms. Bea” was raised with three male cousins and became somewhat of a tomboy in her younger years.

“Whatever they did, I did too,” she said.

She earned a reputation as a good dancer and said she used to “shake it up” at various dance halls of the day in most of Hampton Roads.

“I was a great dancer,” she said.

She and her mother also used to fix Kool-Aid for local schoolchildren, she recalled.

Haughton attributes her longevity to “being good and nice, and I pray and ask Jesus to help me.”

“If it wasn’t for God, I wouldn’t be here; nobody would be here,” she said. “He’s the one that saved me.”

Haughton said she’s always been a “big eater” and loves salad and corn. Her vegetable-eating habit might help explain her longevity.

“It’s mainly living well, eating well and serving the Lord,” said Joanne Davis, Haughton’s friend and caretaker. Haughton never married and has no children.

Friends and family celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday night, Davis said. Haughton is a member at Tabernacle Christian Church.

Davis said Haughton’s health did not begin to fail her until three or four years ago. She has limited vision but still enjoys listening to the television, singing and making conversation, Davis said.