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| name = Jeralean Talley
| name = Jeralean Talley
| image =Jeralean Talley born May 23, 1899.jpg
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| caption = Jeralean Talley just prior to her 116th birthday
| caption = Talley just prior to her 116th birthday in 2015
| birth_name = Jeralean Kurtz
| birth_name = Jeralean Kurtz
| birth_date = May 23, 1899
| birth_date = May 23, 1899
| birth_place = [[Montrose, Georgia|Montrose]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States
| birth_place = [[Montrose, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date = June 17, 2015<br>(aged {{age in years and days|1899|5|23|2015|6|17}})<!-- {{Death date and age|09|052015|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} -->
| death_date = June 17, 2015<br>(aged {{age in years and days|1899|5|23|2015|6|17}})<!-- {{Death date and age|09|052015|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} -->
| death_place = [[Inkster, Michigan]]
| death_place = [[Inkster, Michigan]], U.S.
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| known_for = [[Oldest People|Oldest living person]] (April 6, 2015 - June 17, 2015)
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| spouse = Alfred Talley<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/03/michigan-woman-now-the-oldest-person-in-us/2048277/|title=Michigan woman now the oldest person in U.S. | work=USA Today | first=Elisha|last=Anderson|date=April 3, 2013}}</ref> (1893–1988)<br>(m. 1936–88; his death)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHMS-4SX|title=Alfred Talley, "United States Census, 1940"|work=Family Search}}</ref>
| nationality = American
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| children = 1
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| known_for = [[Oldest People|Oldest living person]] (April 6, 2015 - June 17, 2015)
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| spouse = Alfred Talley<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/03/michigan-woman-now-the-oldest-person-in-us/2048277/|title=Michigan woman now the oldest person in U.S. | work=USA Today | first=Elisha|last=Anderson|date=April 3, 2013}}</ref> (1893–1988)<br>(m. 1936–88; his death)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHMS-4SX|title=Alfred Talley, "United States Census, 1940"|work=Family Search}}</ref>
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'''Jeralean Talley''' (née '''Kurtz'''; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American [[supercentenarian]] who was, at the age of 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the [[List of supercentenarians from the United States|oldest living American]], from the death of [[Elsie Thompson]] on March 21, 2013 until [[Gertrude Weaver]] was verified to be older in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American|url=http://news.msn.com/us/at-116-arkansas-woman-named-oldest-american?ocid=ansnews11|access-date=28 August 2014|publisher=[[MSN]]|date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707083957/http://news.msn.com/us/at-116-arkansas-woman-named-oldest-american|archive-date=7 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon Weaver's death on April 6, 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaffin|first1=Sarah |title=World's oldest person, Arkansan Gertrude Weaver, dies |url=http://www.katv.com/story/28731727/worlds-oldest-person-arkansan-gertrude-weaver-dies|access-date=6 April 2015 |agency=[[KATV]] |date=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Talley was recognised as the oldest living person in the world. Talley received letters from U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] on her 114th and 116th birthdays acknowledging her status.
'''Jeralean Talley''' (née '''Kurtz'''; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American [[supercentenarian]] who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the [[List of supercentenarians from the United States|oldest living American]], from the death of [[Elsie Thompson]] on March 21, 2013, until [[Gertrude Weaver]] was verified to be older in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American|url=http://news.msn.com/us/at-116-arkansas-woman-named-oldest-american?ocid=ansnews11|access-date=August 28, 2014|publisher=[[MSN]]|date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707083957/http://news.msn.com/us/at-116-arkansas-woman-named-oldest-american|archive-date=July 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon Weaver's death on April 6, 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaffin|first1=Sarah |title=World's oldest person, Arkansan Gertrude Weaver, dies |url=http://www.katv.com/story/28731727/worlds-oldest-person-arkansan-gertrude-weaver-dies|access-date=April 6, 2015 |agency=[[KATV]] |date=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Talley was recognised as the oldest living person in the world. Talley received letters from U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] on her 114th and 116th birthdays acknowledging her status.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Talley was born on May 23, 1899 in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. One of 12 children,<ref name="NBC News 2015">{{cite news|title=Jeralean Talley, World's Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 116th Birthday|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeralean-talley-worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-her-116th-birthday-n363831|access-date=24 May 2015|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> she spent her early years living on a farm picking cotton and peanuts and harvesting sweet potatoes. She moved to [[Inkster, Michigan]] in 1935, and lived there until she died. In 1936, she married Alfred Talley (January 30, 1893 &ndash; October 17, 1988). They had one child, a daughter, Thelma Holloway, born in 1937. Jeralean and Alfred were married for 52 years before he died in October 1988, at the age of 95.<ref name="Jeralean turns 114">{{cite news|title=Oldest American, Jeralean Talley, Turns 114 Years Old|url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/23/happy-114th-birthday-to-jeralean-talley-the-oldest-living-american/|work=TIME.com|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> Talley had three grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.<ref name="Michigan Citizen"/><ref name=time>{{cite news|url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/23/happy-114th-birthday-to-jeralean-talley-the-oldest-living-american/|title=Happy 114th Birthday to Jeralean Talley, The Oldest Living American!|work=TIME.com|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref>
Talley was born on May 23, 1899 in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. One of 12 children,<ref name="NBC News 2015">{{cite news|title=Jeralean Talley, World's Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 116th Birthday|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeralean-talley-worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-her-116th-birthday-n363831|access-date=May 24, 2015|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> she spent her early years living on a farm picking cotton and peanuts and harvesting sweet potatoes. She moved to [[Inkster, Michigan]] in 1935, and lived there until she died. In 1936, she married Alfred Talley (January 30, 1893 &ndash; October 17, 1988). Jeralean and Alfred were married for 52 years until his death.<ref name="Jeralean turns 114">{{cite news|title=Oldest American, Jeralean Talley, Turns 114 Years Old|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/23/happy-114th-birthday-to-jeralean-talley-the-oldest-living-american/|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> They had one child, a daughter, born in 1937. Talley had three grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.<ref name="Michigan Citizen"/><ref name=time>{{cite news|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/23/happy-114th-birthday-to-jeralean-talley-the-oldest-living-american/|title=Happy 114th Birthday to Jeralean Talley, The Oldest Living American!|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/03/michigan-woman-now-the-oldest-person-in-us/2048277/|title=Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., was born May 23, 1899|work=USA Today|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013|first=Elisha|last=Anderson}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/03/michigan-woman-now-the-oldest-person-in-us/2048277/|title=Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., was born May 23, 1899|work=USA Today|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013|first=Elisha|last=Anderson}}</ref>


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According to her daughter Thelma, Jeralean stayed active in her later life by sewing dresses, making quilts and playing slot machines at casinos. She bowled until she was 104, when her legs got too weak, but still went on annual fishing trips with her friend Michael Kinloch and his son Tyler, who was also her godson.<ref name="Michigan Citizen">{{cite web|url=http://michigancitizen.com/local-centenarians-honored-at-charles-h-wright-museums-summer-theater-festival/|title=Local centenarians honored at Charles H. Wright Museum's Summer Theater Festival|work=The Michigan Citizen|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=time/>
According to her daughter Thelma, Jeralean stayed active in her later life by sewing dresses, making quilts and playing slot machines at casinos. She bowled until she was 104, when her legs got too weak, but still went on annual fishing trips with her friend Michael Kinloch and his son Tyler, who was also her godson.<ref name="Michigan Citizen">{{cite web|url=http://michigancitizen.com/local-centenarians-honored-at-charles-h-wright-museums-summer-theater-festival/|title=Local centenarians honored at Charles H. Wright Museum's Summer Theater Festival|work=The Michigan Citizen|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=time/>


Talley was a member of the New Jerusalem Missionary [[Baptist]] Church, whose members referred to her as "Mother Talley". In May 2013, they celebrated her 114th birthday by officially naming the church's driveway after her. Talley also received a personalized letter from U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], who wrote that she was "part of an extraordinary generation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130526/NEWS01/305260088/Michigan-woman-celebrates-114th-birthday-friends-family?nclick_check=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615070039/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130526/NEWS01/305260088/Michigan-woman-celebrates-114th-birthday-friends-family?nclick_check=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2013|title=Michigan woman celebrates 114th birthday with friends, family|work=Lansing State Journal.com|date=May 26, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> On her 116th birthday, Talley received another letter from Obama who wrote that the "breadth of her experience and depth of her wisdom reflects the long path our nation has traveled since 1899".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/05/22/jeralean-talley-turns/27784041/|title=Inkster's Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, turns 116 Saturday|work=Detroit Free Press|date=May 22, 2015|access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
Talley was a member of the New Jerusalem Missionary [[Baptist]] Church, whose members referred to her as "Mother Talley". In May 2013, they celebrated her 114th birthday by officially naming the church's driveway after her. Talley also received a personalized letter from U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], who wrote that she was "part of an extraordinary generation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130526/NEWS01/305260088/Michigan-woman-celebrates-114th-birthday-friends-family?nclick_check=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615070039/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130526/NEWS01/305260088/Michigan-woman-celebrates-114th-birthday-friends-family?nclick_check=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2013|title=Michigan woman celebrates 114th birthday with friends, family|work=Lansing State Journal.com|date=May 26, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013}} </ref> On her 116th birthday, Talley received another letter from Obama who wrote that the "breadth of her experience and depth of her wisdom reflects the long path our nation has traveled since 1899".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/05/22/jeralean-talley-turns/27784041/|title=Inkster's Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, turns 116 Saturday|work=Detroit Free Press|date=May 22, 2015|access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref>


She said she lived by the [[Golden Rule]]. She was known in the community for her wisdom and wit, and when people sought her advice she told them to use common sense, saying "I don't have much education but what little sense I got, I try to use it".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ynaija.com/the-oldest-person-in-america-turned-114-yesterday-pictured/|title=The oldest person in America turned 114 yesterday (PICTURED)|work=Ynaija.com|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
She said she lived by the [[Golden Rule]]. She was known in the community for her wisdom and wit, and when people sought her advice she told them to use common sense, saying "I don't have much education but what little sense I got, I try to use it".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ynaija.com/the-oldest-person-in-america-turned-114-yesterday-pictured/|title=The oldest person in America turned 114 yesterday (PICTURED)|work=Ynaija.com|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>


===Death===
===Death===
On June 17, 2015, Talley died after a week of hospitalization. She had prayed not to suffer before death, and reportedly died peacefully during her sleep at her home in Inkster. Regarding her great age, she had been quoted as saying "There's nothing I can do about it."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Elisha|title=Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, dies at 116|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/18/worlds-oldest-person-jeralean-talley-dies/28931007/|access-date=18 June 2015|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> Following her death, [[Susannah Mushatt Jones]] became the oldest person in the world and one of the two remaining living people to have been born in the 1800s.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/worlds-oldestknown-person-jeralean-talley-dies-at-116/news-story/90618425baefa05618de2eb5816f9d22 World’s oldest-known person Jeralean Talley dies at 116] Retrieved 19 June 2015.</ref>
On June 17, 2015, Talley died after a week of hospitalization. She had prayed not to suffer before death, and reportedly died peacefully during her sleep at her home in Inkster. Regarding her great age, she had been quoted as saying "There's nothing I can do about it."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Elisha|title=Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, dies at 116|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/18/worlds-oldest-person-jeralean-talley-dies/28931007/|access-date=June 18, 2015|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> Following her death, [[Susannah Mushatt Jones]] became the oldest person in the world.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/worlds-oldestknown-person-jeralean-talley-dies-at-116/news-story/90618425baefa05618de2eb5816f9d22 World’s oldest-known person Jeralean Talley dies at 116] Retrieved June 19, 2015.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:African-American Christians]]
[[Category:African-American Christians]]
[[Category:African-American centenarians]]
[[Category:African-American women centenarians]]
[[Category:American women centenarians]]
[[Category:Women supercentenarians]]
[[Category:Women supercentenarians]]
[[Category:People from Laurens County, Georgia]]
[[Category:People from Laurens County, Georgia]]

Latest revision as of 20:01, 4 December 2024

Jeralean Talley
Talley just prior to her 116th birthday in 2015
Born
Jeralean Kurtz

May 23, 1899
Montrose, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 2015
(aged 116 years, 25 days)
Inkster, Michigan, U.S.
Known forOldest living person (April 6, 2015 - June 17, 2015)
Spouse(s)Alfred Talley[1] (1893–1988)
(m. 1936–88; his death)[2]
Children1

Jeralean Talley (née Kurtz; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the oldest living American, from the death of Elsie Thompson on March 21, 2013, until Gertrude Weaver was verified to be older in July 2014.[3] Upon Weaver's death on April 6, 2015,[4] Talley was recognised as the oldest living person in the world. Talley received letters from U.S. President Barack Obama on her 114th and 116th birthdays acknowledging her status.

Biography

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Talley was born on May 23, 1899 in Georgia. One of 12 children,[5] she spent her early years living on a farm picking cotton and peanuts and harvesting sweet potatoes. She moved to Inkster, Michigan in 1935, and lived there until she died. In 1936, she married Alfred Talley (January 30, 1893 – October 17, 1988). Jeralean and Alfred were married for 52 years until his death.[6] They had one child, a daughter, born in 1937. Talley had three grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.[7][8] [9]

Health and lifestyle

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According to her daughter Thelma, Jeralean stayed active in her later life by sewing dresses, making quilts and playing slot machines at casinos. She bowled until she was 104, when her legs got too weak, but still went on annual fishing trips with her friend Michael Kinloch and his son Tyler, who was also her godson.[7][8]

Talley was a member of the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, whose members referred to her as "Mother Talley". In May 2013, they celebrated her 114th birthday by officially naming the church's driveway after her. Talley also received a personalized letter from U.S. President Barack Obama, who wrote that she was "part of an extraordinary generation".[10] On her 116th birthday, Talley received another letter from Obama who wrote that the "breadth of her experience and depth of her wisdom reflects the long path our nation has traveled since 1899".[11]

She said she lived by the Golden Rule. She was known in the community for her wisdom and wit, and when people sought her advice she told them to use common sense, saying "I don't have much education but what little sense I got, I try to use it".[12]

Death

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On June 17, 2015, Talley died after a week of hospitalization. She had prayed not to suffer before death, and reportedly died peacefully during her sleep at her home in Inkster. Regarding her great age, she had been quoted as saying "There's nothing I can do about it."[13] Following her death, Susannah Mushatt Jones became the oldest person in the world.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Elisha (April 3, 2013). "Michigan woman now the oldest person in U.S." USA Today.
  2. ^ "Alfred Talley, "United States Census, 1940"". Family Search.
  3. ^ "At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American". MSN. July 4, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Chaffin, Sarah (April 6, 2015). "World's oldest person, Arkansan Gertrude Weaver, dies". KATV. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  5. ^ "Jeralean Talley, World's Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 116th Birthday". NBC News. May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Oldest American, Jeralean Talley, Turns 114 Years Old". Time. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Local centenarians honored at Charles H. Wright Museum's Summer Theater Festival". The Michigan Citizen. July 25, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Happy 114th Birthday to Jeralean Talley, The Oldest Living American!". Time. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  9. ^ Anderson, Elisha (April 3, 2013). "Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., was born May 23, 1899". USA Today. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  10. ^ "Michigan woman celebrates 114th birthday with friends, family". Lansing State Journal.com. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  11. ^ "Inkster's Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, turns 116 Saturday". Detroit Free Press. May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  12. ^ "The oldest person in America turned 114 yesterday (PICTURED)". Ynaija.com. May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  13. ^ Anderson, Elisha (June 18, 2015). "Jeralean Talley, world's oldest person, dies at 116". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  14. ^ World’s oldest-known person Jeralean Talley dies at 116 Retrieved June 19, 2015.
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