Nellie Cross

Nellie Wakefield Cross (28 October 1889 – 3 April 2002) is a verified American supercentenarian.

Biography
She was born in the Plano/Centerville area of Appanoose County, Iowa, the daughter of Samuel Wakefield and Ellen Sales. At 16 she married Jake Parton in 1906. She gave birth to her first son, Clyde. She married William Adam Rouse,who she divorced in the 1920s.Three sons of that marriage reached adulthood and another died as a child. Nellie married Ray Yates in 1928 and James M. Cross in 1939. She went on gambling casino trips until she was 110. Her fraternal twin brother, William Lorence died on December 18, 1972 at age 83.

She died on 3 April 2002 at the age of 112 years, 157 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest person ever from Iowa. Her Iowa longevity record was broken by Neva Morris in 2008.