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Mary Marsh
Mary Marsh
Marsh in 2014
Birth: 8 October 1905
Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: 4 September 2016
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Age: 110 years, 332 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Unvalidated

Mary Phoebe Marsh (née Creasy; 8 October 1905 – 4 September 2016) was an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Mary Marsh was born as Mary Phoebe Creasy in Thaxton, Virginia, one of ten children born to William Abner and Laura Margaret Wheeler Creasy. She grew up in Bedford County and later moved to Lynchburg, Virginia where she married Osby Edgar Marsh on 22 June 1928. She was widowed in 1995 and had outlived two of her three children. She was a seamstress and quilter, and enjoyed gardening and baking.

In her later life, Marsh lived in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was cared for by her daughter, Mildred Brooks (1929–2022). Marsh died on 4 September 2016 at the age of 110 years, 332 days.

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