| Lera Williams | |
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| Birth: | 9 February 1900 Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA |
| Death: | 25 November 2011 Campbellsville, Kentucky, USA |
| Age: | 111 years, 289 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Lera Williams (née Morrison; 9 February 1900 – 25 November 2011) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Lera Williams was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA on 9 February 1900. Her parents were A.A. Morrison and Cynthia (née Hicks) Morrison. She had two siblings and three half-siblings.
She married C.M. Williams on 6 October 1918. The couple had eight children: Eloise Elmore (1919-2022), Audrey Rhinehart (1922–1989), Cena Hottel (1926–2015), Nellie Williams (1928–1929), Anna Williams (born 1933), Jerry Williams (1935–2019), Clara Newton (1936–2020) and Betty Pyles (1942–2011). She got widowed in 1961.
Lera Williams died in Campbellsville, Kentucky, USA on 25 November 2011 at the age of 111 years, 289 Days. She was survived by one son, four daughters, one son-in-law, 31 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
Her age was verified by Filipe Prista Lucas, Robert Young, Oliver Trim, and Waclaw Jan Kroczek, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 7 June 2015. Her validation was announced on the World Supercentenarian Forum.
References[]
- Historical validations by the Gerontology Research Group (2023 announcements) Gerontology Research Group
- Lera Almorine Morrison FamilySearch
- Lera Williams: Still trusting God on her 109th birthday Columbia Magazine, 9 February 2009
- Rudy Medlock; Ferrell's Hamburgers; Russellville Blues; More, Kentucky Life
- Campbellsville U celebrates Lera Williams' 111th birthday Columbia Magazine, 11 February 2011
- Lera B. Williams, Taylor Co., KY Columbia Magazine, 27 November 2011
- Lera Williams Find A Grave