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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 James Wiggins 15 October 1879 16 October 1991 112 years, 1 day Aubrey Palestine
2 Ben Haymon 8 November 1909 18 December 2019 110 years, 40 days McKamie Hot Springs
3 Albert Matthews 2 Apr 1902 23 Mar 2011 108 years, 355 days Unknown Little Rock
4 William Moore 17 March 1872 16 November 1980 108 years, 244 days Boone Harrison
5 Norman Hobgood 4 January 1872 29 February 1980 108 years, 56 days Kentucky Little Rock
6 James Bealer 29 August 1894 10 October 2002 108 years, 51 days Ashley County Drew County
7 Willie Berry 23 October 1883 9 September 1991 107 years, 321 days Walnut Ridge Walnut Ridge
8 Grover Simpson 26 June 1908 29 April 2016 107 years, 305 days Tennessee Marked Tree
9 Louis Tognoli 15 March 1905 10 January 2013 107 years, 301 days New Jersey Fayetteville
10 Buster Austin 20 October 1912 14 August 2020 107 years, 298 days Penitentiary Mountain Huntsville
11 Oscar Cauthron 20 July 1889 8 April 1997 107 years, 262 days Booneville Boonville
12 Grover Roach 15 March 1887 27 October 1994 107 years, 226 days Big Fork Big Fork
13 Thell Ellison 14 September 1917 23 April 2025 107 years 217 days Lee Creek Natural Dam
14 Joe Hicks 1 February 1903 7 July 2010 107 years, 156 days Washington Little Rock
15 Theodore Teeter 28 October 1901 21 March 2009 107 years, 144 days Crow Mountian Russelville
16 Abraham Hawkins 26 February 1899 16 July 2006 107 years, 140 days Mount Vernon Mount Vernon
17 Lucious Whiteley 15 January 1917 27 December 2023 106 years, 346 days Berryville Huntsville
18 Lloyd Gathright 20 September 1917 25 August 2024 106 years, 336 days Batesville Batesville
19 Cornelius "Neal" Reynolds 13 January 1852 25 November 1958 106 years, 316 days Union County Pine Bluff
20 Emil Jarmer 15 December 1874 September 1981 106 years, 260+ Days AustriaAUT Little Rock
21 Claude Bell 3 June 1918 8 February 2025 106 years 248 Days Gillet Dewitt
22 Japatah Eubanks 14 February 1878 16 October 1984 106 years, 245 days Huntsville Huntsville
23 Henry Savage 14 October 1874 7 May 1981 106 years, 205 days Harrison Harrison
24 Phillip Satterfield 23 February 1882 28 April 1988 106 years, 65 days Salem Ash Flat
25 Marvin Hill 27 December 1914 13 January 2021 106 years 17 days Liberty Hill Dierks
26 Orda Foster 15 September 1902 11 September 2008 105 years, 362 days Missouri Searcy
27 Carl Rosenbaum 18 May 1899 10 April 2005 105 years, 327 days Little Rock Little Rock
28 Prentice Harrington 19 August 1912 11 July 2018 105 years 326 days Greenbrier Little Rock
29 Charlie McClintock 2 January 1915 21 November 2020 105 years 324 days Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill
30 Marlin Scott 30 June 1912 18 May 2018 105 years 322 days Ben Batesville
31 Louis Wilson 19 October 1910 7 August 2016 105 years 293 days Lydesdale Magnolia
32 Ray Carter 18 September 1909 6 July 2015 105 years 291 days Clark County Texarkana
33 William Taylor 22 October 1890 8 July 1996 105 Years, 260 days Strong Melbourne
34 Earl James 13 June 1909 26 February 2015 105 years 258 days Cave City Cave City
35 Noble “Tobe” Bohannan 29 April 1913 12 December 2018 105 years 227 days Rockhouse Huntsville
36 Robert William Vinson 8 October 1856 3 May 1962 105 years, 207 days Kentucky Cherry Hill
37 Olgar Fowler 15 September 1900 7 April 2006 105 years, 204 days Gravelly Gravelly
38 Haskell Fagan 21 May 1910 10 December 2015 105 years 203 days Oklahoma Conway
39 Joe W. Mitchell 15 October 1908 1 May 2014 105 years 198 days Center Ridge Benton
40 Luther Van Meter 20 June 1892 28 November 1997 105 years, 161 days Charleston Charleston
41 James “Jim” Legg 7 December 1890 22 April 1996 105 years, 137 days Hoisington Cave Springs
42 James Webb 20 October 1916 26 January 2022 105 years 98 days Louisiana Crossett
43 Archie Monroe 23 November 1909 3 February 2015 105 years 72 days Magnolia Magnolia
44 Roy Luiken 17 February 1906 26 March 2011 105 years 37 days Iowa Springdale
45 Charles Reutzel 12 June 1912 10 July 2017 105 years 28 days Fort Smith Fort Smith
46 Oscar Williams 14 April 1918 10 May 2023 105 years 26 days Lepanto Trumann

Men born in Arkansas who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 James King 15 November 1854 5 June 1967 112 years, 202 days Arkansas Winnsboro
2 Richard Lewis 18 March 1884 29 October 1993 109 years, 225 days Unknown California
3 Willis Stanley 14 September 1876 14 January 1986 109 years, 122 days Berryville Oklahoma
4 John Morris 21 November 1899 27 October 2008 108 years, 341 days Rector Kentucky
5 Izer Tilson 4 July 1914 5 January 2023 108 years, 185 days Forrest City Illinois
6 William Cotton 23 October 1897 23 April 2006 108 years, 182 days Corley Louisiana
7 Ralph Benson 19 December 1909 15 October 2017 107 years, 300 days Van Buren Missouri
8 Joe Allen 14 April 1884 14 December 1991 107 years, 244 days Fort Smith Oklahoma
9 Vern Isenhower 21 July 1911 1 June 2018 106 years, 315 days Salem Kansas
10 Oscar Huffman 8 November 1887 8 September 1994 106 years, 301 days Gurdon Florida
11 William Beaty 16 July 1855 5 December 1961 106 Years, 142 days Linclon Texas
12 Lawrence Smithson 16 October 1896 25 January 2003 106 years, 101 days Aurora Missouri
13 Homer McGough 26 February 1918 27 January 2024 105 years 336 days North little Rock Alabama
14 Milton Nelson 4 October 1908 26 April 2014 105 years 204 days Blevins Idaho
15 Harlow Hunn 13 April 1901 16 September 2006 105 years, 156 days Russellville Texas
16 JC Loggins 4 April 1909 27 April 2014 105 years 23 days Strong California
17 Andrew Scogin 19 October 1903 20 October 2008 105 years, 1 day Kirby Texas



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