Helen White

Helen Douglas Abernathy White (born 21 September 1906) is an American supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated.

Biography
White was born on 21 September 1906, in Fort Lawn, South Carolina, one of eight children born to William and Martha Abernathy. Her father was mayor of the town. She attended Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina for one year, before transferring to Flora McDonald College in Red Springs, North Carolina. She completed a degree in home economics and then became a teacher for a year and a half. As well as home economics, she taught English and maths and also coached the girls’ basketball team. She then became an assistant home demonstration agent for Florence County. A year later, she became the home demonstration agent for Saluda County. While there, she married Harry White.

White and her husband lived in Clemson for a time, and several years later, after their daughter Jerri’s birth, White worked with the WPA to pioneer school lunch programs, nursery projects in industry, gardening and canning projects and home services for indigent families. She supervised WPA operations in nine counties in the western part of the state.

White currently lives in Centenary, South Carolina.