Supercentenarian Profile

Dora Credle

Born:

1911-07-21

Wilson, North Carolina

United States

Died:

2022-01-09

Washington, District of Columbia

United States

Dora Sylvia Credle (née Barnes) was an American supercentenarian.

BIOGRAPHY

Dora Credle was born in Wilson, North Carolina, USA, on 21 July 1911, to William Samuel Barnes and Emma Mincey. She had six siblings, and her father served as a reverend at Wilson Memorial Church in Wilson, North Carolina. She graduated from Wilson High School.

Early in adulthood, she met her husband, Raymond Credle, while working as a domestic for a family in Goldsboro, North Carolina. She was the cook, and her husband worked as the chauffeur. In 1940, the family moved to Washington, D.C., when her husband secured a better job in the city. She became a homemaker, raising the couple’s five children. As of 2020, she had eight grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

Dora Credle passed away in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, on 9 January 2022 at the age of 110 years, 172 days.