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Hester Ford, Oldest Living American, Dies

Associated Press April 20, 2021

A North Carolina woman who grew up picking cotton, got married at 14 and went on to become the oldest living American with more than 120 great-great-grandchildren has died peacefully in her home, according to her family.

IN MEMORIAM: Cigars and Whiskey – America’s Oldest Veteran, Richard

Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire ContributorJanuary 3, 2019

He was there at Pearl Harbor, when the battleships were still smoldering. He was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima, where he said, ‘I only got out of there by the grace of God said former President Barack Obama in 2013 during a Veterans Day ceremony honoring Overton at Arlington National Cemetery.