Bettie Wilson

Bettie Antry Wilson (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006) became the oldest verified living person in the United States with the death of 114-year-old Emma Verona Johnston on December 1, 2004. She lost this designation when the age of Elizabeth Bolden was verified in April 2005. Both were born in the rural South, where they lived less than 100 miles apart.