About
From August 2007 until her death in November of 2008, this American supercentenarian was recognized as the oldest living person in the world. She was 115 years old when she died. Her death was reported around the world.
Before Fame
In her young adulthood years, she earned a teaching certificate from Franklin College in Indiana.
Trivia
In 2007, she became the oldest person living in the United States. After her death, a woman named Maria de Jesus took her position as the oldest living person in the world.
Family Life
She outlived her husband, Earl Parker, by nearly seventy years. She also outlived her two children, Earl and Clifford. Her sisters, Georgia and Opal, died at the ages of 99 and 88, respectively.
Associated With
She and Walter Breuning were both American, Midwestern-born supercentenarians.
