John Painter

John Painter
Birth:	20 September 1888 Keeling Branch, Tennessee, USA
Death:	1 March 2001 Hermitage Springs, Tennessee, USA
Age:	112 years, 162 days
Country:	USA
Validated

John George Painter (20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001) was a validated American supercentenarian who was the oldest-known living man in the world at the time of his death. He is the oldest validated man ever from the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Biography

John Painter was born in the Keeling Branch community in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA on 20 September 1888. He enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was 29. As a result, he went to France, where he hauled ammunition and field guns to the front lines at the forest of Argonne. This earned him one of France's highest honors: the Order of the Legion of Honor, an honor only five other Tennesseans had received. On 12 April 1919, he was honorably discharged and returned home to Jackson County where he resumed his career as a blacksmith. He married Gillie Watson, a woman he knew since his childhood, and they had two daughters. On 15 November 1999, Painter became the world's oldest man after the death of Antonio Urrea-Hernandez.

Painter died in Hermitage Springs, Tennessee, USA, on 1 March 2001 at the age of 112 years, 162 days. At the time of his death, he was also the oldest living American veteran.

Gallery

Painter (left) being awarded something in an undated photo.

Obituary, March 3, 2001.

References

• Gerontology Research Group
• Death mention Find a Grave
• Honoring the 112th Birthday of World War I Veteran John Painter Whiteshoe.org, 20 Sep 2000

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Sylvester Melvin • Joseph Saint-Amour • William Fullingim • John Mosley Turner • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah Blackistone • James Nash • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Joe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol-Jover • Christian Mortensen • Walter Richardson • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Horacio Celi Mendoza • Jiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez • Arturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo Nonaka • Tomas Pinales Figuereo • Emilio Flores Marquez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Juan Vicente Perez Mora • Shi Ping • John Tinniswood

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James Smith • James Hard • William Kiney • Wayland Newell • Daniel Cummings • Teofil Chudzinski • Robert Early • Sylvester Melvin • William Smith • James King • Ollie Stewart • John Chaney • William Lamb • Theophilus May • Orin Akers • Isaac Edwards • James Holt • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah Blackistone • James Nash • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Benjamin Garner • Randolph Davis • Joe Thomas • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • Alton Gilbert • Oscar Dubois • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Christian Mortensen • Walter Richardson • Edward Graves • John Painter • John McMorran • Fred Hale • Earl Brush • Moses Hardy • Thomas Nelson • Antonio Pierro • George Francis • Walter Breuning • Shelby Harris • Salustiano Sanchez • Ernest Peronneau • Alexander Imich • Conrad Johnson • James Richardson • Wash Wesley • Felix Simoneaux • Frank Levingston • Clarence Matthews • Richard Overton • Henry Tseng • CP Crawford • Irving Piken • Lawrence Brooks • Ezra Hill • Francis Zouein • Morrie Markoff • Vincent Dransfield • Eugene Baltes