Martha Knoles

Martha Knoles (July 2, 1876 – December 14, 1986) was an American verified supercentenarian. She was born in Walker County, Georgia, but moved with her family to Comanche County when she was three years old. She moved to Idalou, Texas, in 1918, where she and her husband George William Knoles lived in a farm house between 1922-1933. George died in 1958.

When she was 94, her eyesight was bad, but she was very active at the time and making various trips. She enjoyed fishing, listening to news and visiting church. When she was 100 years old, it was reported that she used a hearing aid, walker and a wheelchair.

Knoles died on December 14, 1986, at the final age of 110 years, 165 days.