| Emma Bacon | |
 Bacon on her 106th birthday, pictured with her cousin's great-granddaughter | |
| Birth: | 26 March 1911 Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA |
| Death: | 17 September 2020 Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA |
| Age: | 109 years, 175 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Centenarian | |
Emma Henry Bacon (26 March 1911 – 17 September 2020) was an American centenarian who was one of the oldest known survivors of COVID-19, having successfully recovered from the disease either around or sometime after her 109th birthday.
Biography
Emma Bacon was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA on 26 March 1911. Her parents were Ulysses Bacon and Bertha (née Tandy) Bacon. She had four siblings, one of whom, Bertha Henderson (born 25 October 1913), celebrated her 100th birthday in 2013.
Bacon worked as a teacher in the Christian County, Kentucky school system for 40 years. She was an active member of Virginia Street Baptist Church for 87 years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She never married and did not have children.
In 2020, at the age of either 108 or 109, Bacon contracted COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, she successfully recovered, making her one of the oldest known survivors of the disease. A few months later, on 17 September 2020, Bacon died at the age of 109 years, 175 days in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
References
- Kentucky Vital Record Indexes FamilySearch
- 1920 US Census FamilySearch
- 1940 US Census FamilySearch
- Pembroke woman turns 100 today | Local News Daily Journal, 25 October 2013
- Now at 106, Emma Bacon feels just like she did at 103 Kentucky New Era, 26 March 2017
- Death mention Facebook Post, 18 September 2020
- Family, former students remember late 109-year-old Emma Bacon Kentucky New Era, 23 September 2020
- Emma Henry Bacon Obituary Gamble Funeral Home
- Emma H Bacon Find A Grave
