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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Vartan Anooshian 13 February 1894 22 May 2004 110 years, 99 days ArmeniaARM Reston
2 Coley Haywood 15 April 1889 29 July 1998 109 years, 105 days Severn Newport News
3 Finton Faulk 2 December 1901 31 October 2010 108 years, 333 days Suffolk Chesapeake
4 Charles P. Clark 23 August 1907 31 May 2016 108 years, 282 days Hamilton Purcellville
5 Joseph Smith 14 January 1902 7 August 2010 108 years, 207 days Rockingham Virginia Beach
6 Frank Tibbs 10 May 1880 24 Nov 1988 108 years, 198 days Fredericksburg Suffolk
7 Larry Haubner 24 June 1902 16 December 2010 108 years, 185 days Unknown Fredericksburg
8 Louis Pick 1 June 1871 4 August 1979 108 years, 64 days CanadaCAN Roanoke
9 Willie Muse 5 April 1893 13 April 2001 108 years, 8 days Roanoke Roanoke
10 Herman Ross 7 March 1877 11 March 1985 108 years, 3 days Maryland Horntown
11 Patrick Venable 22 July 1903 8 June 2011 107 years, 321 days Amelia Amelia Court House
12 Charles Kirk 5 February 1903 31 August 2010 107 years, 207 days Smyth Smyth
13 Ray Hooker 3 January 1906 5 July 2013 107 years, 183 days Indiana Gloucester
14 Elwood Floyd 18 March 1903 31 August 2010 107 years, 166 days Charles City Powhatan
15 David Bird 30 April 1866 23 September 1973 107 years, 146 days Mill Gap Staunton
16 Walter Walsh 4 May 1907 29 April 2014 106 years, 360 days New Jersey Arlington
17 Richard Hamilton 30 June 1904 9 June 2011 106 years, 354 days Appotomax County Lynchburg
18 Joshua Taliaferro 11 March 1885 15 February 1992 106 years, 341 days Unknown Plain View
19 Elmer “Shorty” Winningham 25 May 1907 3 December 2013 106 years 192 days Tennessee Leesburg
20 Arthur Thacker 14 October 1909 21 February 2016 106 years 130 days Stuarts Draft Scottsville
21 Hyman Rubin 29 October 1889 17 November 1995 106 years, 19 days LatviaLAT Norfolk
22 William Bedwell 12 October 1850 16 October 1956 106 years 4 days Grayson Marion
23 Byron Pultz 26 August 1896 7 August 2001 105 years, 346 days Lexington Roanoke
24 Willie “Guy” Jones 21 December 1906 17 November 2012 105 years 332 days Scruggs Rocky Mount
25 John Branscombe 12 August 1863 1 June 1969 105 years, 293 days Fancy Gap Fancy Gap
26 James Simpson 24 August 1879 5 May 1985 105 years, 254 days North Carolina Norfolk City
27 Alfred Dumas 16 April 1905 25 December 2010 105 years 253 days Unknown Fairfax
28 Baxter Neece 16 March 1897 18 November 2002 105 years, 247 days Trammel Clintwood
29 Louis Hodges 2 August 1906 4 April 2012 105 years 246 days DC Richmond
30 Dennis Aker 8 October 1909 22 May 2015 105 years 226 days Wytheville Wytheville
31 William Cole 21 December 1873 29 June 1979 105 years, 190 days Carroll County Galax
32 Charles McMurdo 31 July 1906 31 December 2011 105 years 153 days Montana Sudley
33 Maury Cralle 5 August 1904 14 December 2009 105 years, 131 days Washington Williasburg
34 Harry Carter 10 September 1900 19 January 2006 105 years, 125 days Bedford County Roanoke
35 Clenard McLaughlin 7 July 1879 6 November 1984 105 years, 122 days Michigan Unknown
36 Christian Egemeier 22 July 1908 30 October 2013 105 years 100 days United KingdomUK Floyd
37 Jack Christ 6 October 1906 1 December 2011 105 years 56 days CyprusCYP Norfolk
38 Roger Callis 11 October 1883 5 December 1988 105 years, 55 days Samos Saluda
39 Curtis M. Hooker 28 March 1897 19 April 2002 105 years, 22 days Unknown Bumpass
40 John Rucker 11 November 1879 23 November 1984 105 years, 12 days Bedford County Lynchburg
41 Robert Amrien 7 November 1885 9 November 1990 105 years, 2 days Unknown Chincoteague Island

Men who were born in Virginia who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 John Kent 1 April 1882 11 March 1992 109 years, 345 days Locust Grove New York
2 John Bryant 20 February 1888 3 October 1997 109 years, 225 days Courtland New Jersey
3 Oscar Jordan 14 April 1881 4 November 1989 108 years, 204 days Lynchburg Illinois
4 William “Willie” Cole 23 September 1895 2 March 2003 107 years, 160 days Unknown New Jersey
5 Thomas Bell 21 August 1907 10 January 2015 107 years 142 days Hampton Michigan
6 William Yeary 14 November 1861 19 October 1968 106 years, 340 days Collinsville Texas
7 Edward Robinson 1 January 1873 17 October 1979 106 years, 289 days Chatham Pennsylvania
8 Noah Dean 9 May 1902 5 October 2008 106 years, 149 days Scott County Tennessee
9 Forest Knuckles 28 November 1904 24 April 2011 106 years, 147 days Carterton Tennessee
10 Joseph Booker 30 April 1891 13 June 1997 106 years, 44 days Portsmouth New York
11 Herbert Jewell 24 December 1883 19 August 1989 105 years, 238 days Floyd County Florida
12 Joseph Dovell 15 May 1893 14 December 1998 105 years, 213 days Luray Kansas
13 Henderson Jessee 1 August 1882 26 February 1882 105 years, 209 days Lee County Missouri
14 Benjamin Whitehouse 10 September 1902 13 February 2008 105 years, 157 days Fredericksburg Massachusetts
15 George Burke 17 May 1885 16 June 1990 105 years, 30 days Bealeton North Carolina



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