| Mamie Rearden | |
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| Birth: | 7 September 1898 Edgefield, South Carolina, USA |
| Death: | 2 January 2013 Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Age: | 114 years, 117 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Mamie Julia Rearden (née Lewis; 7 September 1898 – 2 January 2013)[1] was an African-American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Mamie Rearden was born as Mamie Julia Lewis in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, on 7 September 1898. She grew up in the Pleasant Lane section of Edgefield County, South Carolina. She attended Log Creek Community School and Bettis Academy Junior College, and began her career as a teacher in 1918. In 1919, Rearden married Ocay Rearden, and the couple had eleven children. She was widowed in 1979. When asked how it feels being one of the world's oldest living persons, Rearden replied: "I don't know how it makes me feel. I really don't know."[2]
Mamie Rearden died in Augusta, Georgia, USA, on 2 January 2013 at the age of 114 years, 117 days. At the time of her death, she was the fifth-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Jiroemon Kimura, Koto Okubo, Misao Okawa, and Gertrude Weaver, and the second-oldest validated living person in the United States, behind Gertrude Weaver.[3] However, as Weaver was verified after Rearden's death, Rearden was considered to be the oldest living American when she died.
Rearden held the record as the oldest person ever born in the state of South Carolina until Delphine Gibson surpassed her final age in December 2017. Subsequently, Hester Ford became the oldest person ever born in the state of South Carolina.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mamie Rearden". Edgefield, SC: The Edgefield Advertiser. January 4, 2013. http://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/2013/01/mamie-j-rearden/. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ↑ "Edgefield woman, 112, oldest African-American". The Augusta Chronicle. January 19, 2011. http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-01-19/edgefield-woman-112-oldest-african-american. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Grg.org. June 11, 2003. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Oldest Authenticated Supercentenarian--U.S. State Records". grg.org. http://www.grg.org/Adams/USStateOldest4.HTM.