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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Benjamin Holcomb 3 July 1889 2 December 2000 111 years, 152 days Kansas Carnegie
2 James Holt 25 December 1865 7 January 1977 111 years, 13 days Illinois Oklahoma City
3 Isaac Edwards 6 December 1863 18 October 1974 110 years, 316 days Alabama Maud
4 William Fullingim 7 July 1855 6 Aug 1965 110 years, 30 days Texas Lawton
5 Clarence Emerson 31 July 1883 24 December 1992 109 years, 146 days Kansas Enid
6 Willis Stanley 14 September 1876 14 January 1986 109 years, 122 days Arkansas Hartshorne
7 Frank Hatter 16 January 1894 28 March 2003 109 years, 71 days Heartshorne Madill
8 Luther Scales 23 March 1905 15 May 2014 109 years, 51 days Muskogee Muskogee
9 Joseph “Ike” Beth 13 March 1883 18 February 1992 108 years, 342 days Colorado Muskogee
10 Ulous Taylor 22 February 1872 10 December 1980 108 years, 292 days Kentucky Earlsboro
11 Rolie Crisp 29 May 1885 15 November 1993 108 years, 170 days Texas Grayson
12 Ollie Stewart 26 April 1859 6 October 1967 108 years, 164 days Indiana Red Fork
13 Ruben Hopper 13 August 1903 27 October 2011 108 years, 75 days Delaware Fairfax
14 Earl Schelm 20 January 1912 19 February 2020 108 years, 30 days Iowa Edmond
15 Joe Allen 14 April 1884 14 December 1991 107 years, 244 days Arkansas Dustin
16 Frank Macarty 23 September 1908 23 January 2016 107 years, 122 days Choctaw Moore
17 John Harries 23 February 1894 26 April 2001 107 years, 62 days Illinois Edmond
18 Ray Peek 7 October 1914 13 November 2021 106 years 341 days Texas Goodwater
19 Oliver Sullens 7 September 1892 23 May 1999 106 years, 258 days Missouri Bartlesville
20 Edward Halverson 20 May 1901 13 January 2008 106 years, 238 days Kansas Ada
21 Homer Stevenson 25 March 1905 2 October 2011 106 years 191 days Nash Lawton
22 William Ballard 15 February 1872 8 July 1979 106 years, 143 days Texas Sayre
23 Tom Gibson 29 December 1889 4 April 1996 106 years, 102 days Texas Okmulgee
24 John Cole 11 October 1882 30 December 1988 106 years, 80 days Missouri Stillwater
245 Oliver “Buddy” Smart 28 February 1902 8 March 2008 106 years, 9 days Weleetka Cresent
26 James Vann 1 February 1874 7 February 1980 106 years, 6 days Bunch Stilwell
27 William Williams 14 April 1866 19 April 1972 106 years, 5 days Kentucky Broken Arrow
28 Paul Prewitt 22 September 1907 20 July 2013 105 years 301 days Seminole Oklahoma City
29 Othel “Teck” Sloan 4 January 1904 9 October 2009 105 years, 278 days Missouri Perry
30 Thomas Rice 26 February 1867 29 November 1972 105 years, 277 days Unknown Tulsa
31 Ervis Lester 12 November 1901 13 August 2007 105 years, 274 days Texas Rush Springs
32 George Qualls 11 April 1903 28 December 2008 105 years, 261 days Tennessee Enid
33 Millard Gaddie 8 June 1902 10 February 2008 105 years, 247 days Kentucky Bethany
34 William Jobe Smith 15 October 1855 19 May 1961 105 years, 216 days North Carolina McAlester
35 Marinus Beugelsdijk 1 July 1907 28 January 2013 105 years 211 days NetherlandsNED Oklahoma City
36 Joe Terrett 16 March 1901 15 May 2006 105 years, 60 days Texas Yukon
37 Charles Howell 17 October 1901 12 December 2006 105 years, 56 days Bokoshe Quinton
38 Elmer Zaring 22 February 1902 7 March 2007 105 years, 13 days Newkirk Norman


Men who were born in Oklahoma who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Felix F. Loring 15 April 1876 18 September 1985 109 years, 156 days Grand Township Missouri
2 Otis Clark 13 February 1903 21 May 2012 109 years, 98 days Meridian Washington
3 Howard Beecher 1 July 1895 3 October 2003 108 years, 94 days Alfalfa Illinois
4 Lamar Wallace 28 November 1911 31 March 2019 107 years, 123 days Romulus Georgia
5 Henry Cutchlow 1 January 1878 7 January 1985 107 years, 6 days Braziel California
6 Athol Blake 18 December 1901 15 September 2008 106 years, 272 days Logan Utah
7 William Davis 9 August 1902 13 April 2009 106 years, 247 days Unknown Texas
8 Robert Prosser 3 March 1914 28 July 2020 106 years 147 days Unknown Iowa
9 George Walking 2 January 1868 10 February 1974 106 years, 39 days Unknown California
10 Delbert Pierce 22 February 1915 14 October 2020 105 years 235 days Byars Idaho
11 Haskell Fagan 21 May 1910 10 December 2015 105 years 203 days Ravia Arkansas
12 William Steer 12 January 1901 7 March 2006 105 years, 54 days Agra Hawaii



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