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Eunice Sanborn
Eunice Sanborn
Birth: 20 July 1896
Louisiana, USA
Death: 31 January 2011
Texas, USA
Age: 114 years, 195 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Eunice Allen Sanborn (née Lyons; 20 July 1896 – 31 January 2011) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Eunice Sanborn was born in Louisiana, a daughter of Augustus and Varina Lyons, on 20 July 1896. It was claimed that she was born in 1895. The "1896" year comes from census records. She was married twice. She had a daughter, Dorothy, with her first husband, Joe Orchin. Dorothy died in 2005, at the age of 89. Eunice Sanborn was the part-founder of Love's Lookout. Following the death of Neva Morris died on 6 April 2010, Sanborn became the oldest validated living person in the United States.

Eunice Sanborn died in Texas, USA on 31 January 2011 at the age of 114 years, 195 days.

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United States' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Clarida RoyMary BittlebrunSophia DeMuthFannie ThomasNellie Spencer • Emma WilsonAugusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Florence Knapp • Orpha NusbaumDelphia WelfordMargaret SkeeteWilhelmina Kott • Georgia Ella JordanSarah Knauss • Myrtle Dorsey • Maud Farris-LuseGrace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mary Christian • Elena Slough • Charlotte Benkner • Emma Verona Johnston • Elizabeth Bolden • Emma TillmanCorinne 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 DunlapDelphine GibsonOphelia BurksLessie BrownAlelia MurphyHester FordThelma SutcliffeBessie HendricksEdie CeccarelliElizabeth Francis

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