Violet Brown, a Jamaican, heads the list of the oldest persons living in the world. Brown, born on March 10, 1900, hails from the parish of Trelawny, the same parish as the fastest man on the planet — Usain Bolt. She worked as a plantation worker cutting sugarcane as well as a domestic helper in the early part of her […]
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World’s Oldest Person: Jeralean Talley Celebrates Her 116th Birthday
There are many different records to which one can easily point, but one of the most impressive is Jeralean Talley, age of 116. Talley is the world’s oldest living person. She celebrated her big day on Saturday in Inkster, Michigan. Born in 1899, Talley has lived through the turn of two centuries, seen 20 different presidents come and go, as […]