Ernest Pusey

Ernest Pusey
Birth:	5 May 1895 Washington, D.C., USA
Death:	19 November 2006 Bradenton, Florida, USA
Age:	111 years, 198 days
Country:	USA
Validated

Ernest Charles Pusey (5 May 1895 – 19 November 2006) was a validated American supercentenarian. He is the oldest validated man ever born in the District of Columbia.

Biography

Ernest Pusey was born in Washington, D.C., USA, on 5 May 1895. In 1917, Pusey joined the Navy. He left the Navy shortly after World War I ended. Pusey married a woman named Catherine in 1923 and got a job at General Motors in 1926. He retired in 1958. Following Catherine's death, Pusey moved to Florida. There, he married his second wife, Ida. Pusey became a supercentenarian in 2005.

Ernest Pusey died in Brandenton, Florida, on 19 November 2006 at the age of 111 years, 198 days. At the time of his death, he was the second-oldest known living man in the United States, behind Moses Hardy.

Gallery

Undated

Undated

Aged 102, in 1997

Aged 109, in 2004

References

• Veteran's Portrait Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 19 December 2004
• Nation’s oldest WWI veteran dies at 111 in Manatee Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 23 November 2006
• World War I veteran Ernest Pusey dies at 111 NBC News, 23 November 2006
• #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ernest Charles Pusey United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 3 November 2018
• Ernest Charles Pusey Obituary Legacy.com