An 82-year-old woman from North Texas died on Monday, just days after casting her first-ever vote, her family confirmed to a local NBC station.

Gracie Lou Phillips was battling pneumonia and had just transitioned to hospice care when she chose to vote early her state’s midterm election.

Her granddaughters told the local station last week that misconceptions about voting and her family life kept Phillips from voting throughout her entire life.

ADVERTISEMENT

“Her priority through life was her family,” Phillips’s granddaughter, Leslie Rene Moore, told the station.

It wasn’t until last week that Phillips “finally registered to vote for the first time in her life,” her granddaughter Michelle Phillips told the station.

“She kept telling everybody ‘I’m voting. I’m going to vote this year and my vote counts,’” Michelle Phillips continued.

Michelle Phillips recalled her grandmother being taken to vote in Grand Prairie on Thursday as she was in the process of transitioning into hospice care.

“My aunt took her with her portable oxygen tank,” she told the station. “Poll people were very kind. They met her out at her car.”

“To have someone literally need oxygen to breathe, pure tank of oxygen to breathe, put it in her car and ask to go on what may very well be the last week of her life, that shows the dedication and priority that people need to look at,” Michelle Phillips continued.

Moore told the station her family hopes their grandmother’s story inspires others to head to the polls on Election Day.

“To know that her voice is going to be heard forever is really exciting for us and we’re really proud of her,” Moore said.