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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Richard Overton 11 May 1906 27 December 2018 112 years, 230 days Bastrop County Austin
2 Melvin Campbell 22 Mar 1910 31 Dec 2021 111 years, 284 days Bay City Galveston
3 Arthur Carter 5 October 1889 11 June 2001 111 years 249 days Louisiana Unknown
4 Frank Sylvester 25 June 1893 12 Feb 2005 111 years, 232 days Howell Newton
5 Thomas Nelson 8 July 1895 9 Jan 2007 111 years, 185 days Louisiana Port Arthur
6 Charles Walser 26 March 1888 10 March 1998 109 years 349 days Sunset Hereford
7 Benjamin Cocke 18 December 1886 5 September 1996 109 years 262 days Hill County Clifton
8 Floyd Dorsey 18 April 1875 2 January 1985 109 Years 259 Days Lindale Tyler
9 James Biggs 5 December 1902 6 May 2012 109 years, 153 days San Marcos Dallas
10 Celio Tafoya 7 July 1897 5 December 2006 109 years, 151 days MexicoMEX Hereford
11 Teodoro Garcia 7 January 1890 24 April 1999 109 years, 107 days MexicoMEX Texas City
12 Elmer Hill 20 August 1906 16 September 2015 109 years, 27 days Henderson Henderson
13 Cliff Hughes 23 February 1899 29 February 2008 109 years, 6 days Unknown Henderson
14 James Andrews 1 August 1866 2 August 1975 109 years, 1 day Kentucky Colmesneil
15 Juan Lobato 15 May 1886 2 May 1995 108 Years 352 Days New Mexico Kingsville
16 Romanus Joseph 22 Feb 1874 5 Jan 1983 108 years, 317 days SyriaSYR Port Arthur
17 Cesario Hinojos 18 August 1906 17 June 2015 108 years, 303 days MexicoMEX Lubbock
18 William Williams 15 September 1869 25 June 1978 108 Years 283 Days Georgia Dallas
19 Matty Brunetti 24 August 1904 12 August 2013 108 years, 261 days ItalyITA Cypress
20 Eugene Ruf 19 April 1909 29 December 2017 108 years, 254 days San Antonio San Antonio
21 Phillip Jeanmard 9 April 1889 22 November 1997 108 Years 227 Days Unknown Beaumont
22 James Rutledge 27 December 1881 7 August 1990 108 Years 223 Days Kentucky Elkhart
23 Eugene Florence 29 February 1904 12 September 2012 108 years, 196 days Smith County Fort Worth
24 John Beechly 28 September 1909 24 December 2017 108 years, 87 days Visalia Gatesville
25 Felipe Salazar 23 August 1879 28 November 1987 108 Years 66 Days MexicoMEX Texas City
26 Roger Watson 1 August 1900 19 September 2008 108 years, 49 days Texas Inez
27 Theodore Moore 20 April 1905 8 February 2013 107 years 304 days Rock Island Austin
28 Ross Snodgrass 12 May 1903 26 January 2011 107 years 259 days Rocksprings Fredericksburg
29 Kenneth Myers 18 April 1898 28 November 2005 107 years, 244 days South Dakota Houston
30 Manuel Rodriguez 20 June 1899 11 February 2007 107 years, 236 days MexicoMEX La Féria
31 John Freeman 3 November 1890 24 June 1998 107 Years 233 Days Alabama Abilene
32 Edward Foster 8 February 1891 1 September 1998 107 Years 205 Days Crockett Crockett
33 Carl Perrin 9 June 1888 23 December 1995 107 Years 197 Days Decatur Hereford
34 Henry Sullivan 2 May 1851 25 October 1958 107 Years 176 Days Louisiana High Island
35 Clinton Stark 9 July 1908 23 December 2015 107 years 167 days Louisiana Kirbyville
36 Willie Ross 8 September 1887 4 February 1995 107 Years 149 Days Bonham Bonham
37 Ira Jefferson Brock 9 July 1895 14 October 2002 107 Years 97 Days Burleson Sweetwatee
38 N. L. Winter 30 April 1905 24 July 2012 107 years, 85 days Aspermont Aspermont
39 Charlie M Jones 24 July 1888 3 October 1995 107 Years 71 Days Mississippi McKinney
Millard Sheppard 11 September 1896 21 November 2003 107 Years 71 Days Delaware Woodway
40 Willie Kucera 28 July 1905 27 August 2012 107 years, 30 days Ennis El Paso
41 Albert Rainwater 22 July 1888 20 August 1995 107 Years 29 Days Missouri Flower Mound
42 Reynaldo Vasquez 24 April 1907 3 May 2014 107 years 9 days MexicoMEX San Benito
43 Edwin “Ned” Kerr 22 September 1907 11 September 2014 106 years 354 days Davilla Holland
44 Juan Martinez 24 June 1900 9 June 2007 106 years 350 days MexicoMEX Seminole
45 Edward Lorenz 7 December 1906 18 November 2013 106 years 346 days Ben Arnold Temple
46 Ike Pots 22 August 1875 31 July 1982 106 Years 343 Days Waco Dallas
47 Warnie Hilton 16 January 1882 22 December 1988 106 Years 341 Days Jack County Port Aransas
48 William Yeary 14 November 1861 19 October 1968 106 years, 340 days Virginia Plano
49 Walter Dibrell 11 February 1875 16 Jan 1982 106 Years 339 Days Dallas Coleman
50 Victor Briseno 24 December 1890 19 November 1997 106 Years 330 Days Atascosca County Crosbyton

Men who were born in Texas who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 William McDaniel 20 May 1878 20 December 1988 110 years, 214 days Panola Mississippi
2 William Fullingim 7 July 1855 6 Aug 1965 110 years, 30 days Clarksville Oklahoma
3 William Brown 23 August 1894 12 October 2003 109 years, 50 days Cuero Nevada
4 Fitzhugh Grimshaw 2 May 1898 7 May 2007 109 years, 5 days Falls County New Mexico
5 Eluterio Diaz Porras 8 April 1894 21 October 2002 108 Years 196 Days Lorraine California
6 Rolie Crisp 29 May 1885 15 November 1993 108 years 170 days Hopkins Oklahoma
7 Lesco Wade 6 August 1892 25 August 1999 107 Years 19 Days Marlin Kansas
8 Ray Peek 7 October 1914 13 November 2021 106 years 341 days Annona Oklahoma
9 William Ballard 15 February 1872 8 July 1979 106 Years 143 Days Boston Oklahoma
10 Richard M Fryer 22 June 1850 9 November 1956 106 Years 140 Days Jewett California
11 George Gibbs 13 March 1866 14 July 1972 106 Years 123 Days Unknown Montana
12 Tom Gibson 29 December 1889 4 April 1996 106 Years 102 Days Honey Grove Oklahoma
13 James M. McCallister 9 January 1862 30 January 1968 106 Years 21 Days Gatesville New Mexico
14 Charles Brown 4 June 1902 9 April 2008 105 years 310 days Ladonia Tennessee
15 Hubbard Freeny 2 December 1908 26 September 2014 105 years 298 days Rusk County California
16 Crisanto Cantu 19 May 1908 8 March 2014 105 years 293 days Cuero Nevada
17 Harry Gillespie 27 June 1905 30 March 2011 105 years 276 days Palestine Mississippi
178 Ervis Lester 12 November 1901 13 August 2007 105 years 274 days Stamford Rush Springs
19 Douglas Boswell 12 September 1892 7 January 1998 105 Years 117 Days Karnes City Arizona
20 Paul Henry 15 January 1891 28 March 1996 105 Years 73 Days Saint Jo Washington
21 Joe Terrett 16 March 1901 15 May 2006 105 years 60 days Stephenville Oklahoma
22 Marshall Kuykendall 28 January 1908 11 February 2013 105 years 14 days Cherokee County New Mexico



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