S.C. woman, oldest living U.S. citizen, dies at 114

A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died.

Two daughters say Mamie Rearden of Edgefield, who held the title as the oldest person in the country for about two weeks, died Wednesday at a hospital in Georgia.

Sara Rearden of Burtonsville, Md., said Saturday that her mother broke her hip after a fall about three weeks ago.

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Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said Mamie Rearden's September 1898 birth was recorded in the 1900 U.S. Census. The group, which verifies age information for Guinness World Records, listed Rearden as the oldest living U.S. citizen after last month's passing of 115-year-old Dina Manfredini of Iowa.

Rearden was more than a year younger than the world's oldest person, 115-year-old Jiroemon Kimura of Japan.

[bjj62]

So who is the new record holder in the U.S.? The last one held the title for 2 weeks. Afraid to paint a bullseye on the new title holder?

[GeorgeKafantaris]

"Do unto others as they ought to do by you" -- Mamie Rearden.

What more need be said?

[rwsmith29456]

Wow. Somebody that has spanned from horse and buggy days to beyond the space shuttle is a valuable commodity. People with her experience will be missed.

[kenodenis]

I hope she is now frolicking in a field of beautiful flowers...the kind that greet you when you pass over Rainbow Bridge. Rest in Peace, Dear Lady.

[w_roos]

Those poor souls born back in the 19th century are dropping like flies.

[askagain]

These people were blessed with a long life. Read the obituaries and you will find many people who die in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. There are many healthy older people, too.

[mon_kie]

Funny! :)

[saturn05]

I hope her relatives picked her brain for details of things she saw and did years ago. I wish I would have talked to my grandmother about her adventures. But distance kind of through a wrench in that. What a record.

[Weallhaveone]

@train99: True, best enjoy the time we do get.

[mon_kie]

I would like to see some documentation for these incredible oldsters.
I think some of them might have taken a relative's identity,
or just gotten confused.
There will be no more 114, 115 year olds because everything is now being documented.
In those days they took the notations in the family bible as fact.
Ha! You can't believe stuff you read in the bible.

[askagain]

One of my grandfather's died at age 109 in the 1980s and there was plenty of valid documentation proving his age. There are many records that can be found in courthouse and state agencies that go back a long time. The home that I own goes back to the early 1800's with plenty of documentation.

[nojoy01]

So Mon_kie, you're equating the Bible w/the internet?

[train99]

Passing 100 is common among humans now while it was much rarer a few decades ago.
But passing the 110 line is hard as ever. No change in that wall. When you pass 110, your days are numbered. I wonder what the medical world's explanation for this is and nobody comments on it. That is, so many 100+ but no changes in 110+.
Well, your days are numbered anyway.