- Anne Christopher
Anne Langston Christopher (
March 4 ,1895 –October 10 ,2007 ) was an Americansupercentenarian who was, at age 112, the oldest validated person living in the state of Georgia, the seventh-oldest in the United States, as well as the 11th-oldest in the world with theSeptember 20 ,2007 death ofAustralia 's oldest person,Myra Nicholson . Christopher was born inSouth Carolina , where she lived in Timmonsville and Pickens respectively, and only moved to Georgia in 2002 to live near her relatives.She claimed to remember the historical flight of the
Wright brothers in 1903 and the sinking of the "Titanic" in 1912. Christopher had no secrets for herlongevity other than to attribute it to God's mercy and eating and sleeping well.She died at a senior living center in
Rome, Georgia , relinquishing her title of the state's oldest to then-112-year-oldBeatrice Farve .ee also
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Longevity
*Supercentenarian External links
* [http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=54483 At 111, Anne Christopher is Oldest Documented Georgian]
* [http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=680&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1251977&om=1 Roman, oldest documented Georgian enjoys her 112th birthday]
* [http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news845319.html Roman, Georgia's oldest resident, dies at age 112]
* [http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Recent Deaths for 2007 (in Chronological Order)]
* [http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings]
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