Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown
Brown as an elderly woman in an undated photo.
Birth:	11 October 1891 Fayette County, Georgia, USA
Death:	3 January 2003 Fayetteville, Georgia, USA
Age:	111 years, 84 days
Country:	USA
Validated

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown also known as Miss Lizzie (née McEachern; 11 October 1891 – 3 January 2003) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was one of the last daughters of Confederate veterans of the American Civil War.

Biography

Early Life and Family

Elizabeth Brown was born as Elizabeth McEachern in Fayette County, Georgia, USA on 11 October 1891. Her father, Pleasant Marion McEachern, joined the Company I of the 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment in April 1862 (aged 16) and fought during the American Civil War. Her mother was Frances Hudson McEachern. She grew up working on her parents' 84-acre farm in Kenwood, Fayette County.

Brown later attended State Normal School (now the University of Georgia) and became a teacher. She taught at Ebenezer School. At one time, she was the only teacher of the school for seven grades.

It was also in Ebenezer School that she met her future husband Marcus Lafayette Brown. They married on 1 January 1914. The couple had five children: Dorothy B. Brewer (who also became a teacher), Rudene B. Hooten, Willette Brown (who died in 2010), James B. Brown, and Shirley Brown. The family moved to Fayetteville in 1941. Brown was widowed in 1957, but would never left her house.

Later Life

At the age of 85, Brown took her first airplane trip. At the age of 99, she broke her leg and went to hospital for the first time. In her centenarian years, she enjoyed quilting and crocheting.

In June 2001, Brown joined the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She took care of her garden until 2002, and credited her longevity to faithfulness, hard work, and clean living. In August 2002, her health began to decline, as she was injured in a fall.

Brown's age was verified by Filipe Prista Lucas and Robert Young, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 5 May 2006.

Elizabeth Brown died in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, USA on 3 January 2003, at the age of 111 years, 84 days. She was buried in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia.

Gallery

Brown (age 104) tending to her garden in 1996.

Lizzie (left, age 104) and her daughter Rudene (right), lizzie is reading her early birthday cards, this photo is taken in October of 1996 (before her birthday).

Brown (age 104) in a colorized and zoomed in photo of herself tending to her garden in 1996.

Article, September 12, 2002.

Obituary, January 4, 2003.

References

• Table A Gerontology Research Group
• Elizabeth Brown GRG Gallery
• At 109, Miss Lizzie joins the UDC The Citizen Online, 13 June 2001
• Lizzie Brown, 111; One of 19 True Daughters of the Confederacy Los Angeles Times, 7 January 2003
• Fayette's oldest, 'Miss Lizzie' lived in 3 centuries The Citizen Online, 8 January 2003
• Peachtree City, Arcadia Publishing, 2009
• Lizzie McEachern Brown Fayette Historical Society, 4 January 2021
• Elizabeth Mceachern Brown People Legacy
• Fayetteville City Cemetery Fayetteville, GA