Leonora Cox

Leonora Margaret Cox (née Valentine) (born 30 December 1907) is a British-American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She may be the second-oldest living person in the state of Connecticut, USA, after Florence Carroll.

Biography
Leonora Cox was born Leonora Margaret Valentine in England, UK. Her father died aged 43 of injuries sustained while fighting in World War 1, while both her mother and maternal grandmother lived to be 98. As a young adult, she travelled to many European countries, including Switzerland and Germany. By 1932, she was living in Sussex, England, where she married silversmith Harry Cox and had a son, Harry Jr., with him.

The family moved to the United States in 1938, and struggled to find work as the US was still suffering from effects of the Great Depression. Harry found a job with General Motors, and later joined the US Army. In his later life, Harry served in the Pacific War Theater.

Harry passed away in 1972 after 40 years of marriage. As a centenarian, Leonora used a walking stick and had lost her sight to glaucoma. By her 110th birthday in 2017, she was living in a nursing home and celebrated becoming a supercentenarian with her family and friends.

Leonora Cox currently lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, at the age of.