Nettie Whittington

Nettie Whittington (née Williams ; 31 October 1899 - 24 November 2012) was a verified American supercentenarian who was one of the top 20 oldest verified living people at the time of her death and one of the oldest voters in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

Biography
She was born on 31 October 1899 in Farmhaven, Mississippi, the youngest child of Rev. Allen and Mary Williams. She married Sulm Whittington and had eleven children. He died in 1946, but she continued to work on their farm. She then married Eugene Hart, but he died young too, just six months in to their marriage. Her hobbies included cooking and making things like quilts, dolls, pillows, and clothes.

At the age of 107, she was still attending church every Sunday and maintained a flower garden. In her centenarian years she appeared in Jet Magazine, on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and on the Today Show with Willard Scott. She also met President Bill Clinton.

On her 113th birthday, she voted for Barack Obama in the 2012 U.S. Presidential election, making her one of the oldest voters. She died less than a month later on 24 November 2012, aged 113 years, 24 days.