Mary Bodie | |
Birth: | 15 March 1879 Edgefield, South Carolina, USA |
Death: | 10 December 1989 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA |
Age: | 110 years, 270 days |
Country: | USA |
Validated |
Mary Eliza Bodie (née Curry; 15 March 1877/1879 – 10 December 1989) was a validated American supercentenarian. She was previously verified with a birth year of 1879, but a rechecking of her case showed that she was more likely to have been born in 1877.
Biography
Mary Bodie was born Mary Eliza Curry on 15 March 1877/79 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. She married James Bodie and had a son, Thomas. She also adopted several other children.
Mary Bodie died on 10 December 1989 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States supposedly aged 110 years, 270 days, but a double-checking of her case shows that she died at a more likely age of 112 years, 270 days.
References
- 1879 Gallery Gerontology Research Group
- Deaths In The 1980s (in Chronological Order [by Death Date]) GRG (as of May 1, 2014)
- Mary C. Bodie - Death Record
- Social Security Death Master File, free (Sorted By Name) and Persons born on 15 March 1879
"BODIE, MARY C. was born 15 March 1879, received Social Security number 127-54-3746 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 10 December 1989 (6406544)"