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| − | |birthname = Besse Berry Brown |
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| − | |birth_date = 26th August,1896 |
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| − | |birth_place = Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States |
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| − | |death_date = December 4,2012 |
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| − | |death_place = Monroe,Gerogia |
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| − | |death cause = [[Natural Causes]] |
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| − | |nationality = American |
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| − | |alma mater = East Tennessee Normal School |
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| − | |occupation = Teacher (retired in 1929) |
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| − | |known for = *Oldest verified person from 21st June 2011 to 4 December,2012 |
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| − | |party = United States Republican Party |
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| − | |spouse = Luther Cooper (1895-1963) (m.1924-1963) |
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| − | |children = Angeline Tharp (b.1929) |
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| − | Nancy (Louis) Morgan (b.1944) |
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| − | |parents = Richard Brown and Angeline Berry|name = Besse Berry Cooper}} |
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| + | '''[[File:Besse_Cooper_116!!!.jpg|thumb|388px|Besse Cooper on her 116th Birthday- August 26, 2012]]Besse Cooper''' (August 26, 1896-December 4,2012), is the world's oldest living person. After the death of [[Maria Gomes Valentim]] in June 21, 2011, Cooper became recognized as the oldest living person. In August 26, 2012, Cooper celebrated her 116th birthday. |
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| − | '''Besse Berry Cooper''' (maiden:'''Brown''';born August 26,1896-December 4,2012) was an American supercentenarian who was the verified oldest person from June 21 2011 to her death.Cooper is the eighth oldest verified person and also the eighth person to reach the age of 116 or more,after [[Chiyono Hasegawa]]'s death she became the last verified person born in 1896.She is also one of the three people to have lost the title of the oldest person but later regained it,the other two being [[Elizabeth Bolden]] and [[Jeanne Calment]] |
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| − | Besse Cooper was born as Besse Brown Cooper in Sullivan County,Tennessee,on August 26,1896,she was third eldest of the eight children born to Richard Brown(1861-1932) and Angeline Berry (1866-1927).As a child she was a scholar who read constantly,she graduated from East Tennessee State Normal School,which is now known as East Tennessee State University in 1916 at the age of 20,and then worked as a teacher in Tennessee before moving to Georgia and worked as a school teacher in Between,Georgia until her first child,Angeline was born in 1929.She married Luther Cooper (1895-1963),a farmer.She had four children with him-Angeline (b.1929),Luther Jr. (b.1932),Sidney (b.1935) and Nancy (b.1944).Luther died at 68 in December 1963,after the death of her husband,she lived alone in the farm until she moved into a nursing home at the age of 105 in c.2001. |
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| + | Besse Cooper was born on August 26, 1896 in Tennessee to Richard Brown and Angeline Berry. She graduated in 1916 from East Tennessee Normal School (now East Tennessee State Unitversity). She worked as a teacher. She moved to Georgia in 1917, and married Luther Cooper in 1924. He died in 1963. Besse and Luther Cooper had four children: Angeline (boen 1929), Luther Jr. (born 1932), Sydney (born 1935), and Nancy (born 1944). In 2009, after [[Beatrice Farve]] died, Besse became the oldest resident of Georgia, and became the oldest living person after Maria Gomes Valentim died on June 21, 2011. Besse Cooper died on December 4, 2012 at the age of 116 years, 100 days. She died as the 8th oldest person ever. |
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Revision as of 13:24, 6 April 2013
Besse Cooper on her 116th Birthday- August 26, 2012
Besse Cooper (August 26, 1896-December 4,2012), is the world's oldest living person. After the death of Maria Gomes Valentim in June 21, 2011, Cooper became recognized as the oldest living person. In August 26, 2012, Cooper celebrated her 116th birthday.
Biography
Besse Cooper was born on August 26, 1896 in Tennessee to Richard Brown and Angeline Berry. She graduated in 1916 from East Tennessee Normal School (now East Tennessee State Unitversity). She worked as a teacher. She moved to Georgia in 1917, and married Luther Cooper in 1924. He died in 1963. Besse and Luther Cooper had four children: Angeline (boen 1929), Luther Jr. (born 1932), Sydney (born 1935), and Nancy (born 1944). In 2009, after Beatrice Farve died, Besse became the oldest resident of Georgia, and became the oldest living person after Maria Gomes Valentim died on June 21, 2011. Besse Cooper died on December 4, 2012 at the age of 116 years, 100 days. She died as the 8th oldest person ever.