List of supercentenarians from North Carolina

This is a list of supercentenarians that were born or who died in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 5 December 2025, 23 have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest person ever from the state is 115 year-old Maggie Barnes (1882 – 1998). The oldest man ever from the state was 111 year-old Aaron Bazemore (1881 – 1992), whose age is validated by the GRG. The current oldest known person in North Carolina is 110-year-old Catherine Ferrell (born 1912).

Supercentenarians born in North Carolina

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Disputable       Limbo       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Place of birth	State/country of death
1	Maggie Barnes	F	6 Mar 1882	19 Jan 1998	115 years, 319 days	Black Creek	Kenly
2	Eliza Underwood	F	15 Mar 1866	27 Jan 1981	114 years, 318 days	Clinton	District of Columbia
3	Alelia Murphy	F	6 July 1905	23 Nov 2019	114 years, 140 days	Grifton	New York
4	Emma Tillman	F	22 Nov 1892	28 Jan 2007	114 years, 67 days	Gibsonville	Connecticut
5	Christine Ireland	F	19 Jan 1908	18 Aug 2021	113 years, 212 days	Cumberland	Burlington
6	Narcissa Rickman	F	13 Sept 1855	21 Oct 1968	113 years, 38 days	Rosman	Hendersonville
7	Elsie Johnson Maney	F	28 Mar 1894	3 Mar 2007	112 years, 340 days	Buncombe County	Weaverville
8	Ruby Drakeford	F	25 Jan 1892	29 Dec 2004	112 years, 339 days	Durham	Durham
9	Maggie Murdock	F	19 Aug 1887	22 July 1990	112 years, 338 days	Orange County	Orange County
10	Sina Hayes	F	27 June 1903	22 Jan 2016	112 years, 209 days	Iredell	Winston-Salem
11	Catherine Ferrell	F	10 Oct 1912	Living	113 years, 56 days	Warsaw	Durham
12	Ruth Brown-Stamps	F	22 May 1896	8 Nov 2008	112 years, 170 days	Milton	Ohio
13	Melinda Harris	F	4 May 1898	6 Oct 2010	112 years, 169 days	Windsor	New Bern
14	Foy Ingram	F	28 Nov 1903	19 Mar 2016	112 years, 112 days	Randolph	Davidson
15	Lillian Stubbs	F	30 Apr 1906	16 June 2018	112 years, 47 days	Hertford	Virginia
16	Lake Dickson	F	19 Jan 1897	30 Jan 2009	112 years, 11 days	Burlington	Charlotte
17	Clarina Ragland	F	28 June 1885	18 Feb 1997	111 years, 235 days	?	Pennsylvania
	Alice Knox	F	4 Jan 1906	c.30 June 2017	111 years, c.177 days	Elizabeth City	Maryland
18	Clara Sutton	F	14 Mar 1901	26 Aug 2012	111 years, 165 days	Rockingham County	Reidsville
19	Claudia Brown	F	25 Nov 1880	12 Sept 1991	110 years, 291 days	Snow Hill	Connecticut
	Melva Stokes	F	26 May 1909	28 Dec 2019	110 years, 216 days	Rose Hill	Connecticut
20	Ada Harris	F	14 Feb 1878	6 Aug 1988	110 years, 174 days	Carteret	New Bern
21	Katie Sanderlin	F	18 May 1886	7 Nov 1996	110 years, 173 days	Jacksonville	Virginia
22	Frank Levingston	M	13 Nov 1905	3 May 2016	110 years, 172 days	?	Louisiana
23	Dora Credle	F	21 July 1911	9 Jan 2022	110 years, 172 days	Wilson	District of Columbia
24	Bessie Ritter	F	1 Oct 1894	19 Mar 2005	110 years, 169 days	?	Mississippi
25	Mary Brown	F	4 July 1909	11 Dec 2019	110 years, 160 days	Forest City	West Virginia
26	Tim Newton	M	18 May 1884	13 Oct 1994	110 years, 148 days	Wilmington	Florida
27	Eula Cousins	F	14 Sept 1902	29 Jan 2013	110 years, 137 days	Elizabeth City	Pennsylvania
28	Blanche Nelson	F	22 Feb 1898	14 Apr 2008	110 years, 52 days	?	New York
	Annie Aller	F	18 Nov 1908	21 Nov 2018	110 years, 3 days	Manteo	Iowa

Supercentenarians who died in North Carolina

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

						Place of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
1	Maggie Barnes	F	6 Mar 1882	19 Jan 1998	115 years, 319 days	Black Creek	Kenly
2	Hester Ford	F	15 Aug 1905	17 Apr 2021	115 years, 245 days	Lancaster, South Carolina	Charlotte
3	Christine Ireland	F	19 Jan 1908	18 Aug 2021	113 years, 212 days	Cumberland	Burlington
4	Frances Street	F	28 Mar 1897	24 Aug 2010	113 years, 149 days	Greenville County, South Carolina	Asheville
5	Narcissa Rickman	F	13 Sept 1855	21 Oct 1968	113 years, 38 days	Rosman	Hendersonville
6	Mary Will	F	15 Oct 1900	2 Nov 2013	113 years, 18 days	Monroe	Charlotte
7	Elsie Johnson Maney	F	28 Mar 1894	3 Mar 2007	112 years, 340 days	Buncombe County	Weaverville
8	Ruby Drakeford	F	25 Jan 1892	29 Dec 2004	112 years, 339 days	Durham	Durham
9	Maggie Murdock	F	19 Aug 1887	22 July 2000	112 years, 338 days	Orange County	Orange County
10	Edna Bowman	F	3 June 1901	19 Apr 2014	112 years, 320 days	?, Maine	Candler
11	Sina Hayes	F	27 June 1903	22 Jan 2016	112 years, 209 days	Iredell	Winston-Salem
12	Catherine Ferrell	F	10 Oct 1912	Living	113 years, 56 days	Warsaw	Durham
13	Ruth Bruce	F	8 Oct 1898	8 Apr 2011	112 years, 182 days	South Carolina	Durham
14	Melinda Harris	F	4 May 1898	6 Oct 2010	112 years, 169 days	Windsor	New Bern
15	Ethel Boltz	F	2 Dec 1903	1 Apr 2016	112 years, 121 days	?, West Virginia	Durham
16	Annie Wilson	F	19 Apr 1910	17 Aug 2022	112 years, 119 days	?	Pineville
17	Foy Ingram	F	28 Nov 1903	19 Mar 2016	112 years, 112 days	Randolph	Davidson
	Reatha Robinson	F	17 July 1906	5 Aug 2018	112 years, 19 days	?	Hampstead
18	Lake Dickson	F	19 Jan 1897	30 Jan 2009	112 years, 11 days	Burlington	Charlotte
19	Susie Brunson	F	25 Dec 1882	29 Nov 1994	111 years, 339 days	Bamberg, South Carolina	Wilmington
20	Maggie DeVane	F	17 Nov 1905	12 Sept 2017	111 years, 299 days	?	?
21	Jean Christy	F	20 Aug 1904	28 May 2016	111 years, 282 days	Andrews	Andrews
22	Armida Sholar	F	9 Aug 1905	4 Apr 2017	111 years, 238 days	Sumter, South Carolina	Greensboro
23	Arrelia High	F	2 Jul 1903	22 Feb 2015	111 years, 235 days	?	Elizabethtown
24	Iva Shumate	F	4 Nov 1887	11 June 1999	111 years, 219 days	Jackson	Black Mountain
25	Clara Sutton	F	14 Mar 1901	26 Aug 2012	111 years, 165 days	Rockingham County	Reidsville
26	Florence McKoy	F	23 Feb 1903	4 Aug 2014	111 years, 162 days	?	Elizabethtown
27	Lorena Allen	F	10 Aug 1909	3 Jan 2021	111 years, 146 days	?	Carthage
28	Ruby Clodfelter	F	26 Jul 1905	19 Nov 2016	111 years, 116 days	McDowell	Morganton
29	Lillie Nunn	F	25 Sept 1909	25 Dec 2020	111 years, 91 days	?	Westfield
30	Aaron Bazemore	M	20 Feb 1881	10 Apr 1992	111 years, 50 days	Windsor	Windsor
31	Agnes Donahoe	F	8 Dec 1907	16 Jan 2019	111 years, 39 days	Gordon, Virginia	Snow Camp
32	Dorothy Keller	F	28 Sept 1907	3 Nov 2018	111 years, 36 days	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Greensboro
33	Gabriel Alston	M	7 Nov 1906	4 Nov 2017	110 years, 362 days	Cary	Cary
34	Bertha McGimsey	F	13 July 1900	24 Apr 2011	110 years, 285 days	Statesville	Morganton
35	Trudie Martin	F	19 Oct 1901	27 July 2012	110 years, 282 days	?	Winston-Salem
36	Eunice Greene	F	8 Sept 1903	15 June 2014	110 years, 280 days	?	Goldsboro
37	Carrie McDonald	F	4 Dec 1894	30 Aug 2005	110 years, 269 days	?, South Carolina	?
38	Virginia Van Peenen	F	29 Jan 1912	25 Oct 2022	110 years, 269 days	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Cary
39	Effie Burress	F	12 April 1881	19 Dec 1991	110 years, 251 days	Brevard	Hazlewood
40	Lilly Barnes	F	5 Nov 1875	6 May 1986	110 years, 182 days	?	?
41	Ada Harris	F	14 Feb 1878	6 Aug 1988	110 years, 174 days	Carteret	New Bern
42	Susie Alston	F	6 Jul 1898	28 Nov 2008	110 years, 145 days	?	Raleigh
43	Josie Bullington	F	26 Sept 1883	18 Feb 1994	110 years, 145 days	Exton, Virginia	Danbury
44	Mary Grant	F	22 Nov 1891	2 Apr 2002	110 years, 131 days	?	Kinston
45	Lexie Holbrook	F	22 Nov 1907	30 Mar 2018	110 years, 128 days	?	North Wilkesboro
46	Catherine Holman	F	16 Mar 1864	11 Jul 1974	110 years, 117 days	Caswell	Durham
47	Edith Freehling	F	12 Sept 1883	29 Dec 1993	110 years, 108 days	Jefferson, Pennsylvania	Hendersonville
48	Geneva Williamson	F	7 Nov 1909	12 Feb 2020	110 years, 97 days	?	Reidsville
49	Ida Ellington Williams	F	1 July 1875	21 Sep 1985	110 years, 82 days	?, Kentucky	?
50	Pauline Ivey	F	2 Feb 1908	13 Apr 2018	110 years, 70 days	?	?
	Esther Pennington	F	20 June 1910	26 Aug 2020	110 years, 67 days	?	West Jefferson
51	Lois Work	F	19 Dec 1906	5 Feb 2017	110 years, 48 days	Mooresville	Mooresville
52	Norma McMenamin	F	11 Apr 1902	23 May 2012	110 years, 42 days	?	High Point
53	Wilhelmine Gnueg	F	12 Mar 1894	17 Apr 2004	110 years, 36 days	GER	Raleigh
54	Rochelle Pope	F	9 Mar 1908	14 Apr 2018	110 years, 36 days	Mingo	Dunn

Note: This list might not be complete and other people can be added, unvalidated and validated.

Questionable cases

					Place of
Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
Martha Graham	F	27 Dec 1844?	25 June 1959	114 years, 182 days?	?, Virginia	?
Alberta Liles	F	21 Aug 1904?	30 Dec 2017	113 years, 131 days?	Wadesboro	Winston-Salem
Matilda Duckett Rogers	F	2 Oct 1850?	15 Sept 1963	112 years, 343 days?	Fines Creek	Haywood
Mandie Kenan	F	13 Mar 1904?	8 Dec 2015	112 years, 270 days?	Wallace	Beulaville

Oldest person in North Carolina since 1992

      Validated / Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated Supercentenarian
      Current Titleholder

From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death
?	10 Apr 1992 (?)	Aaron Bazemore	M	?-111	20 Feb 1881 - 10 Apr 1992 111 years, 50 days	Windsor
10 Apr 1992	19 Jan 1998 (5 years, 284 days)	Maggie Barnes	F	110- 115	6 Mar 1882 – 19 Jan 1998 115 years, 319 days	Kenly
19 Jan 1998	22 Jul 2000 (2 years, 185 days)	Maggie Murdock	F	110- 112	19 Aug 1887 – 22 Jul 2000 112 years, 338 days	Orange County
22 Jul 2000	20 Apr 2002 (1 year, 272 days)	Mary Grant	F	108- 110	22 Nov 1891 – 20 Apr 2002 110 years, 131 days	Kinston
20 Apr 2002	29 Dec 2004 (2 years, 253 days)	Ruby Drakeford	F	110- 112	25 Jan 1892 – 29 Dec 2004 112 years, 339 days	Durham
29 Dec 2004	3 Mar 2007 (2 years, 64 days)	Elsie Johnson Maney	F	110- 112	28 Mar 1894 – 3 Mar 2007 112 years, 340 days	Weaverville
3 Mar 2007	30 Jan 2009 (1 year, 334 days)	Lake Dickson	F	110- 112	19 Jan 1897 – 30 Jan 2009 112 years, 11 days	Charlotte
30 Jan 2009	24 Aug 2010 (1 year, 206 days)	Frances Street	F	111- 113	28 Mar 1897 – 24 Aug 2010 113 years, 149 days	Asheville
24 Aug 2010	6 Oct 2010 (43 days)	Melinda Harris	F	112	4 May 1898 – 6 Oct 2010 112 years, 169 days	New Bern
6 Oct 2010	8 Apr 2011 (184 days)	Ruth Bruce	F	111 – 112	8 Oct 1898 – 8 Apr 2011 112 years, 182 days	Durham
8 Apr 2011	24 Apr 2011 (16 days)	Bertha McGimsey	F	110	13 Jul 1900 – 24 Apr 2011 110 years, 285 days	Morganton
24 Apr 2011	2 Nov 2013 (2 years, 192 days)	Mary Will	F	110 – 113	15 Oct 1900 – 2 Nov 2013 113 years, 18 days	Charlotte
2 Nov 2013	19 Apr 2014 (168 days)	Edna Bowman	F	112	3 Jun 1901 – 19 Apr 2014 112 years, 320 days	Candler
19 Apr 2014	4 Aug 2014 (107 days)	Florence McKoy	F	111	23 Feb 1903 – 4 Aug 2014 111 years, 162 days	Elizabethtown
4 Aug 2014	22 Jan 2016 (1 year, 171 days)	Sina Hayes	F	111 – 112	27 Jun 1903 – 22 Jan 2016 112 years, 209 days	Winston-Salem
22 Jan 2016	19 Mar 2016 (57 days)	Foy Ingram	F	112	28 Nov 1903 – 19 Mar 2016 112 years, 112 days	Davidson
19 Mar 2016	1 Apr 2016 (13 days)	Ethel Boltz	F	112	2 Dec 1903 – 1 Apr 2016 112 years, 121 days	Durham
1 Apr 2016	28 May 2016 (57 days)	Jean Christy	F	111	20 Aug 1904 – 28 May 2016 111 years, 282 days	Andrews
28 May 2016	4 Apr 2017 (311 days)	Armida Sholar	F	110 – 111	9 Aug 1905 – 4 Apr 2017 111 years, 238 days	Greensboro
4 Apr 2017	17 Apr 2021 (4 years, 13 days)	Hester Ford	F	111 – 115	15 Aug 1905 – 17 Apr 2021 115 years, 236 days	Charlotte
17 Apr 2021	18 Aug 2021 (123 days)	Christine Ireland	F	113	19 Jan 1908 – 18 Aug 2021 113 years, 212 days	Burlington
18 Aug 2021	17 Aug 2022 (364 days)	Annie Wilson	F	111 – 112	20 Apr 1910 – 17 Aug 2022 112 years, 119 days	Pineville
17 Aug 2022	25 Oct 2022 (69 days)	Virginia Van Peenen	F	110	29 Jan 1912 – 25 Oct 2022 110 years, 269 days	Cary
25 Oct 2022	Present (3 years, 41 days)	Catherine Ferrell	F	110-112*	Born 10 Oct 1912 113 years, 56 days	Lives in Durham

References

• Oldest people in North Carolina

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