Lela Burden

Lela Babb Burden (born May 7, 1903) is an American supercentenarian. Teddy Roosevelt was president and the Wright Brothers had not yet made their first flight. She is

Burden celebrated her 110th birthday Tuesday with her friends at Lake Taylor assisted living facility in Norfolk.

At her celebration, Mrs. Burden read a poem that she wrote herself.

The staff says she remains sharp, reads the newspaper every day, and voted in the last election.