Rosena Hankerson

Rosena (Rosa) Hankerson (née Price) (born 16 March 1907) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is one of the oldest known people in South Carolina, USA.

Biography
Rosena Hankerson was born Rosena Price on 16 March 1907 in Red Oak, Barnwell, South Carolina, USA on 16 March 1907 to parents Angus and Rivannah Price. She was the fifth of 11 children born to the couple. In her 20s, Rosena became a teacher, and taught for over 40 years.

Rosena married Lucius Hankerson in the early-mid 1940s, but the couple never had any children together. They were married for around 50 years, until Lucius passed away on 7 February 1997 aged 92/93.

Rosena moved into a nursing home (which was only 20 miles from where she grew up) some time after she was widowed, and is still there as of her 110th birthday. On her 107th birthday, she stated that one of her fond memories of her past life was cooking. One of Rosena’s sisters lived to be 101.

Rosena Hankerson currently lives in Barnwell, South Carolina, USA, at the age of.