| Ettie Mae Greene | |
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| Birth: | 8 September 1877 Wayside, West Virginia, USA |
| Death: | 26 February 1992 Springfield, West Virginia, USA |
| Age: | 114 years, 171 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Etta Mae "Ettie May" Greene (née Thomas, 8 September 1877 – 26 February 1992) was an American supercentenarian, who was in her lifetime recognized as the oldest living person in the United States, but the verification of Lucy Hannah, who was believed to be older than her and also outlived her, meant she lost the "Oldest Living American" title. However, the subsequent debunking of Hannah's claim in 2020 now reveals that Greene was indeed the oldest known living American for the final 3 years of her life.
Life
She was born in Wayside and worked as a seamstress and a farmer. She married Russell A. Green and had nine children with him, Russell died in 1919/1920, leaving Greene as a widow for 72 years. She attributed her longevity to "good, clean living" and a milkshake she drank daily. She died of a cold at the Springfield Comprehensive Care Center. She was survived by 4 of her 9 children, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-grandchildren. There was also a history of longevity in her family: her son Guy Jennings Greene (1902–2002) lived to be 99, her duaghter Hallie Monroe (1907–2004) lived to be 96, her duaghter Ada Louise Dillon (1910–2013) lived to be 102, her son Russell Ashby Greene (1916–2008) lived to be 91.
References
| United States' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Clarida Roy • Mary Bittlebrun • Sophia DeMuth • Fannie Thomas • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Mathew Beard • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Florence Knapp • Orpha Nusbaum • Elzona Maxey • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • Birdie May Vogt • Ettie Mae Greene • Margaret Skeete • Wilhelmina Kott • Sarah Knauss • Myrtle Dorsey • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mary Christian • Elena Slough • Charlotte Benkner • Emma Verona Johnston • Elizabeth Bolden • Emma Tillman • Corinne Dixon Taylor • Edna Parker • Gertrude Baines • Mary Josephine Ray • Neva Morris • Eunice Sanborn • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Goldie Michelson • Adele Dunlap • Delphine Gibson • Lessie Brown • Alelia Murphy • Hester Ford |
