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Minnie Whicker
Minnie Whicker
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Minnie Whicker (née Jenkins; born 24 July 1906) is an American supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Minnie Whicker was born in Arkansas, United States, on 24 July 1906, to Francis and Belle Walker Jenkins. She married Roy Earnest Whicker in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA, on 11 June 1927.

Whicker currently resides in Roseville, California, where she celebrated her 112th birthday in July 2018. Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 29 August 2018. She voted via absentee ballot in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. She is the third-oldest living person in the United States, behind Iris Westman, and Hester Ford. After the death of Anne Brasz-Later, she entered the top 10 world's oldest validated living people.

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