The woman, who is from Charlotte, North Carolina, Hester Ford celebrated her 116th birthday with some of her loved ones around her. The mother-of-12 is believed to be the oldest person to live in the US, Metro reports,
Metro reports that she has 12 children, 48 grandchildren with about 200 great-grandchildren.
The drive-through birthday celebration on Thursday, August 13, it was learnt, was held ahead of the main day. Born in South Carolina ahead of the First World War in 1904, she has lived in Charlotte for at least 59 years and is taken like a celebrity.
To honour her, the Mayor of Charlotte’s, Vi Lyles, has declared 15 August ‘Mother Hester Ford Day’. Funny enough, Hester is said to be confused concerning how she has managed to live so long
She married her husband John Ford when she was 14, in 1918 and her husband John died aged 57 in 1963
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