Besse Cooper

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Besse Berry Cooper (born August 26, 1896 in Sullivan County , Tennessee as Besse Berry Brown , † December 4, 2012 in Monroe , Georgia ) was an American age record holder . After the death of the Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim on June 21, 2011, she was the oldest living person and is one of 20 people who were demonstrably older than 116 years. The Guinness World Records led as a record holder.

Life

Besse Berry Brown was on 26 August 1896 in Sullivan County in the US state born Tennessee, the third of eight children. She graduated from East Tennessee State Normal School in 1916 and then worked as a teacher in her native Tennessee before moving to the state of Georgia just as America was entering World War I in 1917. She continued to teach as a teacher in Between , Georgia. In 1924 she married Luther Harris Cooper (1895–1963).

At the time of her 115th birthday, Besse Cooper had four children, twelve grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren. Her 76-year-old son Sidney Cooper told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his mother could still "think, speak clearly, and remember things." She lived in Monroe , Georgia. Cooper died of respiratory failure on December 4, 2012 after suffering from gastrointestinal inflammation .

After Eunice Sanborn's death on January 31, 2011, Cooper was recognized as the oldest living person, but lost her Guinness World Records title briefly on May 18, 2011 to the Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim, who was previously unknown to the public and a GWR earlier birth than Cooper could prove. After Gomes Valentim's death on June 21, 2011, Cooper regained the title of oldest living person to her own death. After the death of the Japanese Chiyono Hasegawa on December 2, 2011, she was also the last person alive to be born in 1896. At the time of her death, Cooper was in 7th place on the list of the oldest people, now she is 16th. The oldest living person was Dina Manfredini for 13 days after her death .

See also

Web links

Besse Cooper on n-tv , with picture

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b AFP : The oldest woman in the world celebrates her 115th birthday . In: Stern , August 27, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  2. ↑ AP : Oldest American dies , Chicago Tribune . March 9, 2010, p. 3. Retrieved April 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ Brooks, James: World's oldest person is a graduate of what is now ETSU . Johnson City Press. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ Birthday kiss for a centenarian , Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 27, 2009, p. B1. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
  5. ↑ Milligan, Stephen: At 111, she's second oldest in Georgia . In: Walton Tribune , August 26, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
  6. ↑ AFP : Oldest woman in the world turns 115 . In: n-tv , August 27, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  7. ↑ Milligan, Stephen: 115 years and still going strong . In: Walton Tribune , August 28, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
  8. ^ Besse Cooper, World's Oldest Person, Dies at Age 116 . JuJu Kim in: TIME Magazine , December 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ World's Oldest Living Person Besse Cooper turns 115
personal data
SURNAME Cooper, Besse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooper, Besse Berry (full name); Brown, Besse Berry (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American woman, oldest living person
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Sullivan County , Tennessee , United States
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2012
Place of death Monroe , Georgia