The oldest living American, one of the few living people born in the 19th Century, has marked her 115th birthday.
Jeralean Talley was born on 23 May 1899 and is the world's second-oldest person, according to a list maintained by the Gerontology Research Group.
The oldest is Misao Okawa in Japan, who is 116, according to the group.
Asked how she has lived so long, Ms Talley told the Detroit Free Press: "It's all in the good Lord's hands. There's nothing I can do about it."
She plans to celebrate with family and friends at a local church in Michigan on Sunday.
Born in Montrose, Georgia, she moved to Michigan in 1935 and had one child with her husband, Alfred, who died in 1988.
Her daughter Thelma Holloway, 76, lives with her mother in Inkster in Wayne County, and three more generations of her family live nearby.
Ms Holloway helps with her mother's care, although a fishing trip last year is evidence of Ms Talley's continued good health, and she can still walk with the aid of a walking frame.
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ReplyDeleteNice but the world oldest isn't 116. My husband's grand father is 131 years old and he's still alive
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DeleteMy grand mom was 120.
Delete@anony,how old is ur grand mum's oldest child ?at the other anony,how old is ur grandfather inlaw's first child?calculate and see they are not even up to 100yrs on earth....
DeleteWow!!! Shes even looking healthier
ReplyDeleteHBD grandma
DeleteHealthier when making a comparism. So healthier than who or when?
DeleteHealthier when making a comparism. So healthier than who or when?
DeleteWow! As long as I won't need anyone to wipe my ass and carry me around, and still have all my teeth to chew meat, I want to be that old too. Amen
ReplyDeleteWe have older people in Nigeria I'm sure, the problem is they don't know their ages, or they don't have proof to back up their ages. I've seen obituaries of 120 and above.
Yhyh, i see all dose obituaries too. Shun 9ja pple, dem not sure. The kids be like 'papa was born b4 the American Civil war, sooo he should be abt 150yrs'. And dats it, dey af print d obituary.
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ReplyDeleteLord...all I ask of u is long 4 my entire family. Amen!
ReplyDeleteMy qranny is older. Were did dey qet dat statstics?
ReplyDeleteAbegi!OBASANJO old pass am,and many others wey dem born for IFO market day for naija.
ReplyDeleteGod's grace is ssufficient..
ReplyDeleteWow! Really cool,Lord pls give us long and fulfiiled lives too.Amen
ReplyDelete@nuvi many of the nigerian obituaries you see with ages of 110 years and above have false ages. How many of those old people know their actual ages? When they die, their family members just do guess work. Many of those people died in their 80s. Recall that in the olden days, girls/women were married off early (teens). So if their first child is 60 years, how come the mother is 120 years?
ReplyDeleteGrrr...I dunno how I feel bout this...I'm pretty much fine with 70 - 80...buh 100+...I'm not Methuselahly inspired..sooo...
ReplyDeleteWow! They have good health care and environment so why won't she live long.
ReplyDeleteIn Nigeria if you clock 70 thank God
Cos our life expectancy is short.
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I know someone who was 130yrs old before she died.. And she did know her age because she came from a highly educated family...
ReplyDeleteI know some people who lived over 100yrs too.. There was a man that died at 125. His children,grandchildren,great grand children and greatest(don't know what to say here) grand child came for the burial... That's what the obituary read: survived by a wife,children,grandchildren,great grandchildren and a son from the great grand child,which makes it greatest grand child...
They should visit Olumo rock and see the world's oldest people there..... some of them up that rock are as old as 127.
ReplyDeleteHappy for this grams tho..... I hope she's well taken care of.
Wow that's awesome Happy birthday to her
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday granny
ReplyDeleteLord pls give my parents,,brothers,,sisters,,loved ones long lives....d Joy of d Lord is our strength.
ReplyDeleteGod is really wonderfull no doubt...
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Deletewow !i want to be older than her...so help me GOD amen....happy belated belated birthday iye..#DOVE
ReplyDeleteHmm..Thank Good for her life.
ReplyDeleteI love God, but I hope I am not blessed with such long life.
ReplyDeleteI hope she has a lovely celebration.
My granpa was 130 before he died last year. Lord bless me and my love ones with long life good health and prosperity. IJN amen Ada Agulu. Said so.
ReplyDeleteGod bless her! and may God grant us all long life to see our children's children...children.
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DeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA I &MY CHILDREN WISH YOU CONTINOUS ROBUST HEALTH AND LONG LIFE LIKE THAT OF MS TAELLY. OUR MUM IS 75 YEARS TODAY. HIP! HIP! HURRAY! MADAM IFY ISEH SAID SO.
ReplyDeleteWow! Happy birthday my birthday mate. Guess I'l also live long like you since am 23 May too...Lolz.
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