Sue Lee Sanders

Sue Lee Sanders (née Keown; 9 January 1902 – 15 January 2013) was an American supercentenarian who is currently pending. She was one of the oldest known people in South Carolina when she died.

Biography
Sue Lee Sanders was born Sue Lee Keown on 9 January 1902 in Athens, Georgia, United States as the daughter of William Walter and Sue (née Mattison) Keown. She graduated from Georgia State Teachers College in 1921. She married Harvey G. Sanders before 1940. The couple had at least 2 children, Anne and Harvey Jr. She was a teacher in places in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Her father died in 1947 and her mother in 1964 aged 96. Sue's husband, Harvey, died on 23 May 1980 at the age of 83. They had been married for at least 40 years. Sanders saw Halley's Comet twice, in 1910 and 1986.

Sue Lee Sanders died on 15 January 2013 in Spartanburg, South Carolina aged 111 years, 6 days.