Mary MacPherson

Mary Catherine McKenzie McPherson (4 February 1887 – 11 December 1996) was an Australian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Australia at the time of her death.

Biography
MacPherson was born in Levenstrath, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 February 1887. Her parents were Hugh McPherson (c.1838–1919) and Catherine McKenna (1848–1922). She had 12 siblings: Ernest, Alexander, Sarah Cameron, John, Hugh, Ann, Ellen, Duncan Levenstrath, Donald Clarence, Florence Evelyn, Lillian Beatrice Margaret and Alice McLachlan. She never married nor had children, but helped caring for other family members.

Until the age of 103, she was able to mowe the lawn at her residence in Mullumbimbi. At the age of 106, she moved to Maclean to be cared for by relatives. On 24 June 1996, MacPherson became the oldest living person in Australia following the death of 111-year old Ada Stockdale.

MacPherson died in Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, on 11 December 1996, at the age of 109 years, 311 days.