Bettie Chatmon

Bettie Chatmon (née Washington; 30 April 1884 – 16 August 1998) was a verified American supercentenarian. She was born in Mansfield, De Soto, Louisiana 30 April 1884 (Bettie and her relatives claimed 15 October 1884) as the daughter of Floyd and Emily Mitchell Washington. She married Joe Chatmon in De Soto, Louisiana 24 December 1903. The couple had seven children. The family moved to Texas in the 1920s, moved back to Louisiana and then to Texas again. She was widowed in 1955. Bettie "Momo" Chatmon died in Houston, Harris, Texas 16 August 1998, aged 114 years and 108 days.