Bernice King

Lillian Bernice King (born 4 April 1907) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is one of the oldest known living people in New York, USA.

Biography
Bernice King was born Lillian Bernice Derrick in Manhattan, New York, USA on 4 April 1907 to parents Joseph Thomas Derrick (who was born in the West Indies) and Maud (née Wells) Derrick. She had two siblings, Dorothy and William. She went to church until she was 13, when the confirmation director told them that they couldn't be confirmed due to their race.

In 1928, Bernice graduated with a degree in costume designing. She spent the next 25 years designing clothes for children. Bernice married John King in the 1930s and had a daughter, Carol, with him, who sadly died during infancy. Bernice loved singing and dancing in her youth and early adulthood.

Bernice liked to travel to places such as Europe and Asia with her sister Dorothy, and at home, she would work on artistic sewing and painting projects. Her favourite subject was children. Later in her life, she was widowed.

Bernice King currently lives in New York City, New York, USA, at the age of.