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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 John Painter 20 September 1888 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days Keeling Branch Hermitage Springs
2 James Harris 11 February 1894 17 June 2004 110 years, 127 days Culleoka Nashville
3 Luther Parker 28 July 1906 30 May 2016 109 years, 307 days Unknown Jackson
4 Ed Brabson 22 March 1880 6 October 1989 109 Years 198 Days Unknown Knoxville
5 Henry Hoodenpyle 26 February 1894 24 July 2003 109 years, 148 days Tennessee Signal Mountain
6 Fred Green 10 August 1880 13 April 1989 108 Years 243 Days Unkown Memphis
7 Theodore Damron 2 January 1892 26 June 2000 108 years, 176 days Mcnairy County Selmer
8 James Prater 11 September 1881 26 December 1989 108 years 106 days Louisville Maryville
9 Martin Christian 24 December 1884 1 February 1993 108 Years 39 Days Church Hill Church Hill
10 Luis Galvan 25 August 1909 15 July 2017 107 years, 324 days MexicoMEX Clarksville
11 Earl Nickleberry 10 June 1891 11 March 1999 107 Years 274 Days Cordova Memphis
12 Sherman Gentry 10 April 1884 24 November 1991 107 Years 228 Days Dover Dover
13 Bascom Cooksey 6 September 1886 20 April 1994 107 Years 226 Days Smith County Lebanon
14 William Stafford 2 August 1872 29 November 1979 107 Years 119 Days Missouri Signal Mountain
15 Angelos Anderson 26 October 1883 8 February 1991 107 Years 105 Days GreeceGRE Nashville
16 Gaylord Maines 6 January 1909 10 April 2016 107 years, 95 days Pennsylvania Knoxville
17 Walter Baird 3 July 1873 16 February 1980 106 Years 228 Days Gladeville Lebanon
18 Noah Dean 9 May 1902 5 October 2008 106 years 149 days Virginia Kingsport
19 Forest Knuckles 28 November 1904 24 April 2011 106 years 147 days Virginia Kingsport
20 Daniel Overton 3 May 1907 25 September 2013 106 years 145 days Franklin Mount Pleasant
21 Elmer Hawkins 24 July 1893 28 November 1999 106 years 127 Days Mosheim Afton
22 Felix Moore 14 May 1889 3 August 1995 106 Years 81 Days Cypress Inn Cypress Inn
23 Arthur Ittermann 12 October 1908 31 October 2014 106 years 19 days Unknown Chattanooga
24 Hardin Alexander 6 August 1908 19 August 2014 106 years 13 days Savannah Savannah
25 Will Campbell 2 January 1873 7 January 1979 106 Years 5 Days Thompson Station Nashville
26 Charles Brown 4 June 1902 9 April 2008 105 years 310 days Texas Manchester
27 Claude McBride 27 May 1890 2 February 1996 105 Years 254 Days Memphis Memphis
28 Herman Henry Bongartz 28 June 1874 22 February 1980 105 Years 239 Days Illinois Cookeville
29 John Harris 10 June 1864 30 January 1970 105 Years, 234 Days Overton County Overton County
30 James Myatt 27 April 1909 29 November 2014 105 years 216 days Kentucky Millington
31 Fred Bradshaw 15 April 1884 4 November 1989 105 Years 203 Days Crossville Crossville
32 Jim Morris 26 January 1874 5 August 1979 105 Years 191 Days Celina Celina
33 Norman Holleman 25 July 1907 28 December 2012 105 years 156 days Smith County Gallatin
34 Harmon Baker 2 April 1887 15 August 1993 105 Years 135 Days Illinois Memphis
35 Harvel C Edwards 1 July 1897 10 November 2002 105 years 132 days Singing Creek Lawrenceburg
36 Albert Ross Hogue 20 June 1873 18 October 1978 105 Years 120 Days Jamestown Jamestown
37 Robert Perry 29 September 1877 22 January 1983 105 Years 115 Days Shelbyville Shelbyville
38 Joseph Wallace 4 November 1887 17 November 1992 105 Years 13 Days Sparta Phoenix
39 William Baker 3 August 1908 3 August 2013 105 years 0 days New Middleton Lebanon

men who were born in Tennessee who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 James Nash 31 July 1872 24 March 1983 110 years, 216 days Unknown Kentucky
2 Walter Beerman 13 March 1893 3 March 2001 107 Years 355 Days Nashville Florida
3 John Williamson 30 June 1865 26 November 1972 107 years, 149 days Fayetteville West Virginia
4 James Lawrence 27 July 1882 21 September 1989 107 years 56 days Unknown Kentucky
5 Reuben Robinson 26 July 1896 24 August 2003 107 years, 29 days McNairy County Kentucky
6 John Hartman 8 November 1858 26 October 1965 106 years 352 days Rocky Top West Virginia
7 Jasper McCartt 28 August 1886 13 June 1993 106 Years 289 Days Glenmary Kentucky
8 Elmer “Shorty” Winningham 25 May 1907 3 December 2013 106 years 192 days Monroe Virginia
9 John Thomas Frazier 23 December 1872 7 November 1978 105 Years 319 Days Memphis Texas
10 George Qualls 11 April 1903 28 December 2008 105 years 261 days Savannah Oklahoma
11 Pallis Griffin 12 June 1914 12 December 2019 105 years 183 days Flintville Arizona
12 John Mccurry 16 November 1873 4 May 1979 105 Years 169 Days Memphis Missouri
13 Jacob “Jake” Arrington 19 October 1887 17 February 1993 105 Years 121 Days Read Hill Idaho
14 John Ellis 28 November 1879 23 February 1985 105 Years 87 Days Unknown Texas
15 Floyd Matthews 3 February 1903 24 February 2008 105 years 21 days Westpoint Alabama
16 Thomas Allen 30 June 1881 11 July 1986 105 Years 11 Days La Grange Texas
17 Leslie Hughes 15 January 1894 23 January 1999 105 Years 8 Days Greenwood Ohio



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