Nyleptha Roberts

Nyleptha Matilda Roberts (neé Bryant; 12 March 1898 – 5 May 2010) was a validated American supercentenarian.

Biography
Nyleptha Bryant was born on 12 March 1898 in White County, Tennessee. She was the oldest daughter of John Douglas Bryant, Sr. (1871–1932) and Molly Victoria Whitaker (1879–1957), and was their second child. They had 12 in all, and lived in Bon Air, Tennessee. Her brother, Hubert Lee Bryant (1917-2016) lived to 98 years.

She was nine years old when she first saw a car, in 1907. During her long life, she lived in Kentucky and Chicago, Ill., worked in a grocery and a clothing store, and managed a laundry service. However, most of her work was as a homemaker for her family.

For most of the latter part of her life, see lived by herself in her home in Bon Air until age 107 when she became a resident of Life Care Center of Sparta. She remained active making her well known soap fish handicrafts up until her death.

She was a member of the Bon Air Methodist Church.

Roberts died in Sparta, Tennessee on 5 May 2010, aged at age 112 years, 54 days.