Arbella Ewing

Infobox Person
name = Arbella Ewing
birth_date = birth date|1894|3|13
birth_place = Streetman, Texas,
United States
death_date = death date|2008|3|22 aged age in years and days|1894|3|13|2008|3|22
death_place = Dallas, Texas,
United States
known_for = Supercentenarian
occupation =

Arbella Perkins Ewing (March 13, 1894 – March 22, 2008) [http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6104868&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 MyFox Dallas] ] was an American supercentenarian. At the time of her death, at age 114, she was the the third-oldest living person in the world, the second-oldest person in the United States and the oldest living African American. She is also the second-oldest person ever from the state of Texas (behind only Margaret Skeete, who died at age 115).

Ewing, the fourth of 12 children, grew up in Streetman, Texas, and married Frank Ewing in 1915, after which she moved to South Dallas. Her former house is still located in South Dallas today. She has a living sister, Annie, who was born in 1904 and is 103. When she was an adult, she worked in a local bikeshop in Streetman. Her great-grandparents were slaves in Mississippi. After marrying Frank Ewing, they had a daughter, named Claudia, who died in 1970. The Ewing family stated she was a gem in the family according to The Dallas Morning News. She lived in her own home in Dallas until the age of 113, after breaking her hip at her birthday party, when she was moved into a personal care home, where she eventually died nine days after having reached the age of 114. The people close to her attributed her longevity to positive thinking. At the time of her death in March 2008, aged 114 years 9 days, Ewing was one of the 70 longest lived people ever.

ee also

* List of the verified oldest people
* Longevity
* Supercentenarian

References

External links

* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-oldestalive_08met.ART0.State.Edition2.4672894.html Dallas woman, 114, says she lived cleanly, kept to herself]
* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/southdallas/stories/DN-ewing_13met.ART.State.Edition2.90ffa9a.html Family's 'diamond' turning 111] (actually 112 at the time)
* [http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated Living Supercentenarians]