Leila Backman Shull

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name = Leila Backman Shull


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birth_date = birth date|1894|10|16
birth_place = Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
death_date = death date|2007|12|22
aged age in years and days|1894|10|16|2007|12|22
death_place = Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
title = Supercentenarian
occupation = homemaker

Leila Bertha Backman Shull (October 16, 1894 – December 22, 2007) [ [http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7539639 SC's oldest-living person passes away at 113] ] [ [http://www.thestate.com/local/story/267136.html After 113 years of sunrises, a sunset] ] was an American supercentenarian, who, at her death aged 113, was the fourth-oldest person in the United States and the seventh-oldest in the world for little over a month since the November 14, 2007 death of fellow 113-year-old compatriot Bertha Fry.Shull was born and lived in Lexington County, South Carolina, and on July 16, 2007, she became the new South Carolina state recordholder, breaking the previous record of 112 years and 272 days set by Yettie Wilson in 2005. Shull worked as a homemaker, raising one son and three daughters. She died of natural causes.She left 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren. [ [http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2007/07/112-year-old-lexington-county-woman-is-a-bridge-to-three-centuries 112-year-old Lexington County woman is a bridge to three centuries ] ]

ee also

* Supercentenarian
* U.S. state longevity recordholders

References

External links

* [http://www.grg.org Gerontology Research Group]