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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Ben Wallace 21 April 1902 7 November 2011 109 years, 200 days Martin Martin
2 Fred Riddle 3 August 1875 9 February 1985 109 years, 190 days Unknown Pickens
3 Joe Gettys 23 April 1907 1 July 2016 109 years, 69 days York County Clinton
4 James Mahaffey 27 January 1875 10 August 1983 108 years, 195 days Lancaster Columbia
5 Halford Pope 24 August 1903 14 February 2012 108 years, 174 days Missouri Hilton Head Island
6 Sonny Moore 12 November 1902 6 March 2011 108 years, 114 days Marion County Marion County
7 Walter Fisher 17 October 1884 11 September 1992 107 years, 330 days Maryland Charleston
8 Thomas Anderson 20 November 1868 5 August 1976 107 years, 259 days Nintey-Six Nintey-Six
9 James Leitner 14 October 1905 27 February 2013 107 years, 136 days Irmo Irmo
10 Robert McCraw 23 April 1902 9 January 2009 106 years, 260 days Drayton Spartanburg
11 Willie Butler 19 October 1902 29 March 2009 106 years, 161 days Georgetown Sumter
12 Elder Cooley 6 July 1880 26 July 1986 106 years, 20 days Latta Marion
13 Grover McLaurin 30 January 1887 17 February 1993 106 years, 18 days Florida Dillion
14 Aubrey Addy 20 November 1902 27 September 2008 105 years, 312 days Peak Columbia
15 William Center 8 January 1875 13 September 1980 105 years, 249 days Highland Duncan
16 Abram Hallman 8 December 1905 11 August 2011 105 years, 246 days CanadaCAN Hilton Head Island
17 Eugene Hall 13 September 1886 6 January 1992 105 years, 115 days North Carolina Sumter
18 Floyd “Papa” Ferguson 21 July 1907 12 September 2012 105 years 53 days Pickens county Boiling springs
19 James Waters 9 October 1879 9 November 1984 105 years, 31 days Spartanburg Spartanburg

Men who were born in South Carolina who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Ernest Peronneau 7 March 1902 26 March 2014 112 years, 19 days Charleston Brooklyn
2 Walter Martin 2 October 1897 17 December 2006 109 years, 76 days Bamburg New Jersey
3 James Moore 2 January 1882 29 October 1990 108 years, 300 days York North Carolina
4 James Murphy 18 October 1886 29 January 1994 107 years, 103 days Unknown Ohio
5 Dozier Jordan 6 October 1888 9 October 1994 106 years, 3 days Lake City North Carolina
6 Bruce Rogers 3 June 1908 26 July 2013 105 years 53 days Columbia North Carolina



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