by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 28, 2024 | News, Validation
Winifred Nichols was a validated American supercentenarian who died in 2020 at the age of 110. Winifred Nichols was born on August 18, 1910, in Wyandotte, Michigan. She grew up on a 40-acre farm. As an only child, she helped her mother prepare produce and joined her...
by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 28, 2024 | News, Validation
Mildred Kern was a validated American supercentenarian who died in 2022 at the age of 110. Mildred Elizabeth Kern was born on December 15, 1911, in Athens, Alabama. She attended a one-room schoolhouse, commuting daily with her teacher by horse and buggy. After her...
by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 21, 2024 | News, Validation
Anna Cheek was a validated American supercentenarian who died in 2002 at the age of 110. Anna Maie Cheek was born in Mississippi, United States, on 1 December 1892. At some point, she got married to her husband. Her hobbies included gardening, flower arranging, and...
by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 21, 2024 | News, Validation
Verna Mae Helm was a validated American supercentenarian who died in 2011 at the age of 110. Verna Mae Helm was born on August 17, 1900, in Metropolis, Illinois. Her father was an Illinois State Senator. At eight years old, she participated in the 1908 dedication of...
by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 19, 2024 | News, Validation
Nannie McNeil was a validated American supercentenarian who died in 2011 at the age of 110. At the time of her passing, she was the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Nannie McNeil was born on August 25, 1900, in Turney, Missouri. She had at...
by Lennard Ashley Salaysay | May 19, 2024 | News, Validation
Lois Wooten, age 110, is now a validated American supercentenarian. Lois Wooten was born on May 5, 1914, in Floyd, Texas. She was the eldest of two children. She fondly remembers riding in a horse and buggy and driving the family’s Ford Model T at age 12. Her...