Anna Shively

Lou Anna Shively (née Rivers; 14 May 1880 - 7 June 1992) was an American woman notable for her longevity. She was born in Center, Howard, Indiana on 14 May 1880 as the daughter of James and Josephine Belle Rivers. She married Charles Shively in Kokomo, Howard, Indiana on 17 April 1904. On the very same day they set sail for the Phillipines, where Charles worked as a headmaster at a school, while Lou Anna was a music teacher. The couple made two trips to the Phillipines. The couple settled in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and had two children: Arthur and Ethel. She was widowed in 1958. Lou Anna Shively died in Neffsville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 7 June 1992, aged 112 years, 24 days.