Supercentenarian Profile

Willie Mae Avery

Born:

1915-05-28

Newton, North Carolina

United States

Current Residence:

Washington, D.C.

United States

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Willie Mae Avery is an American supercentenarian.

BIOGRAPHY

Willie Mae Avery was born in Newton, North Carolina, USA, on 28 May 1915. Her parents were Fred Avery and Eve Ransour. She attended grade school through the eighth grade. In 1937, her mother moved to Northwest Washington, D.C., where she raised her and her four siblings as a single parent.

As a young woman, she developed an interest in the medical field and aspired to become an operating room technician. She studied at George Washington Hospital for three years, eventually working her way up to the position of medical technician. Later in her career, she received training to become an operating room technician.

After retiring in the mid-1980s, she became a missionary at Walker Memorial Baptist Church. When asked about the secret to her long and fulfilling life, she replied, “Working hard and just doing a lot of good things for the Lord after I retired.”