Dora Credle

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.

RECOGNITION

Her age has not been validated.

ATTRIBUTION

* “Centenarians – Dora Credle” – 2020 Centenarian Porgram Final

* “DC community helps to celebrate 110-year-old woman’s birthday” – WUSA9, 21 July 2021

* “Obituary for Dora Sylvia Credle” – John T Rhines Funeral Home

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