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Mary Waskom
Mary Waskom
Mary Waskom at age 108.
Birth: 15 November 1889
Montague, Texas, USA
Death: 8 August 2000
Colton, California, USA
Age: 110 years, 267 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Mary Carolyn Waskom (née Parr; formerly Davidson; 15 November 1889 – 8 August 2000) was a validated American supercentenarian.

Biography[]

Mary Waskom was born in Montague, Texas, USA on 15 November 1889. Her parents were William Washington Parr and Frances Eleanor (née Tice) Parr. She married John Louis Davidson in Greer County, Oklahoma on 22 December 1907. She was widowed in 1954. She married John Hood Waskom in San Bernardino, California in 1960. She was widowed in 1984. She had 4 children.

Members of her family had also experienced longevity: her paternal grandmother Mary Caroline Parr lived to be 105/106, her maternal grandfather Reuben David Tice lived to be 92/93, her brother Charlie Parr lived to be 96 and her sister Opal "Townie" Townsend lived to be 104.

Mary Waskom died in Colton, California, USA on 8 August 2000 at the age of 110 years, 267 days.

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