Gerontology Wiki
City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Moses Hardy 6 January 1894 7 December 2006 112 years, 335 days Aberdeen Aberdeen
2 James Zackry 15 August 1881 14 March 1993 111 years, 211 days Columbia Columbia
3 Charlie Phillips 5 May 1869 5 September 1980 111 years, 123 days Lexington Lexington
4 Charles Graves 4 August 1888 26 June 1999 110 years, 326 days Ellisville Ellisville
5 William McDaniel 20 May 1878 20 December 1988 110 years, 214 days Texas Bay Springs
6 Andrew Murrah 28 January 1861 1 February 1970 109 years, 4 days Clarke County Crossroads
7 Clayton Harwell 18 November 1883 30 September 1992 108 years, 317 days Meridian Meridian
8 George Benson 14 February 1908 23 December 2016 108 years 313 days Jackson Jackson
9 Burwell Anderson 28 November 1861 31 August 1970 108 years, 269 days Alabama Ocean Springs
10 Stevens Renfrow 29 July 1892 8 December 2000 108 years, 132 days Copiah County Unknown
11 Washington Bennett 3 November 1906 15 July 2014 107 years, 254 days Booneville Booneville
12 Jerry “Pops” Douglas 17 March 1904 16 June 2011 107 years, 81 days Anna Natchez
13 Arthur Mauriocourt 26 August 1904 16 June 2011 106 years, 294 days Pennsylvania Amory
14 Elijah Ealy 15 April 1881 23 November 1987 106 years, 222 days Lena Tuscola
15 Audie Mask 14 April 1892 17 September 1998 106 years, 156 days Corinth Corinth
16 Will Steele 10 March 1870 7 July 1976 106 years, 119 days De Kalb De Kalb
17 Edward “E.L.” Brown 1 October 1897 13 November 2003 106 years, 43 days Florida Jackson
18 Earskin Evetts 9 January 1906 20 February 2012 106 years 42 days Unknow Corinth
19 Robert Huddleston 6 September 1898 1 August 2004 105 years, 330 days Chicksaw Ruleville
20 Booker Gatlin 4 January 1904 10 October 2009 105 years, 279 days Prentiss Biloxi
21 Harry Gillespie 27 June 1905 30 March 2011 105 years, 276 days Texas Vicksburg
22 William Parker 16 April 1903 10 December 2008 105 years, 238 days Sweatman Grenada
23 Hugh McGilvary 28 September 1879 3 May 1985 105 years, 217 days Ovett Ovett
23 Aaron Gatson 12 March 1883 15 October 1988 105 years, 217 days Goodman Jackson
25 Wriley Waggoner 13 April 1893 10 August 1998 105 years, 119 days Morton Morton
26 Leo Hairston 10 February 1894 29 May 1999 105 years, 108 days Water Valley Oxford
27 James Cunningham 22 November 1907 28 February 2013 105 years 98 days Okolona Okolona
28 Ernest Clark 13 January 1908 22 January 2013 105 years 9 days Louisville Louisville


Men who were born in Mississippi who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Robert Freeman 22 December 1879 24 December 1990 111 years, 2 days Como Missouri
2 Fred Fletcher 13 September 1892 19 April 2002 109 years, 218 days Jackson California
3 Joseph Phillips 18 Mar 1880 24 Oct 1989 109 years, 220 days Church Hill Missouri
4 George Johnson 8 February 1886 28 June 1995 109 years, 140 days Beuad Oregon
5 Charlie M Jones 24 July 1888 3 October 1995 107 years, 71 days Ponotoc Texas
6 Robert "Bob" McCarty 2 September 1895 6 September 2002 107 years, 4 days Shubuta Washington
7 Zack Curry 5 March 1873 27 December 1979 106 years, 297 days Wesson Louisiana
8 David Hennington 17 March 1912 30 October 2018 106 years 227 days Sun Flower Texas
9 Albert Thurman 24 October 1887 13 May 1994 106 years, 201 days Pierce Missouri
10 James Simmons 27 June 1871 30 November 1977 106 years, 126 days Kossuth Texas
11 Jimmy Dickens 7 November 1859 19 January 1966 106 years, 73 days Unknown Texas
12 McDonald Held 14 October 1909 11 August 2015 105 years 301 days Natchez Montana
13 William McGuire 20 January 1858 3 November 1963 105 years, 287 days Unknown Minnesota
14 Tobe Walker November 20 1882 29 June 1988 105 years, 222 days Montrose Alabama
15 Joshua Green 16 October 1869 24 January 1975 105 years, 100 days Jackson Washington
16 George Jones 3 December 1900 28 February 2006 105 years, 87 days Ackerman Michigan
17 Walter Williams 14 November 1854 19 December 1959 105 years, 35 days Itawamba Texas
18 Prentis Howell 12 April 1903 11 May 2008 105 years, 29 days Aberdeen Illinois
19 George Campbell 29 December 1899 3 January 2005 105 years, 5 days Grenada Indiana



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