Bring the candles – 115 of them.
Bessie Hendricks, the oldest person in the United States, celebrated yet another return to the sun. The Iowa supercentenarian turned 115 on Nov. 7, according to the Iowa affiliate. CNN KCCI
Bessie was born in 1907. Her life has seen 21 presidents, two world wars and the sinking of the Titanic.
In addition to being the oldest living person in the United States she is also the fourth oldest living person in the world according to the Gerontology Research Group, which registers and certifies supercentenarians (people who have lived to be more than 110 years old).
Bessie celebrated her 115th birthday alongside her three children at Shady Oaks Care Center, according to KCCI.
“I don’t know how you put it into words,” said his daughter, Joan Schaffer, according to KCCI. Joan turned 90 the day before her mother’s 115th birthday. “It’s wonderful that we still have it.”
Bessie’s children described her as a hardworking and caring mother. Bessie’s own mother died when she was just 13, according to KCCI.
Currently, the title of oldest living person belongs to Lucile Randon, a 118-year-old French nun, says the Gerontology Research Group. The oldest person ever recorded was another Frenchwoman, Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to be over 122 years old, according to Guinness World Records. Jeanne died in 1997.
Source: CNN Brasil
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