Lillie Nunn

Lillie Mae Nunn (adopted as Young; born 25 September 1909) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Nunn was born in United States, on 25 September 1909. She was adopted at a young age by the Young family in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. She had at least one sister. Her adopted father was a doctor and they were one of the few families that actually had indoor plumbing. For a long time, she lived with her future husband, Troy Monroe Nunn Sr. (1908–2004). She joined a sizable family that included her husband’s five sisters and a brother as well as his four sons: Troy Jr., Sammy, Philip Delano and Foster Billy (1930–2002). Nunn had one child of her own, Sherman Young, who served in the military but died of cancer. She had worked in one of the large knitting mills in Mount Airy until she married Troy Sr. and became a homemaker.

Troy Sr. and Lillie didn’t marry until 1970, but after that they lived together for 34 years until her husband's death in February 2004. At the age of 99, Nunn told the family that she intended to live to be 113.

In 2000, Nunn and her husband moved to Surry County, North Carolina, to live with her stepson, Troy Jr.. Nunn stayed with him for 14 years until the age of 107, when she began to have trouble with walking. She moved to Central Continuing Care in March 2014. She celebrated her 110th birthday in September 2019. On her birthday, Troy Jr. said that they don't know much about her childhood because she didn’t talk about it.

Nunn currently lives in Central Continuing Care, Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States at the age of.