| Sarah Spires | |
 Sarah Spires on her 110th birthday. | |
| Birth: | 10 April 1910 Jackson County, Florida, USA |
| Age: | 110 years, 291 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Unvalidated | |
Sarah Purdee Spires (born 10 April 1910) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Sarah Spires was born in Jackson County, Florida, USA on 10 April 1910. Her parents were Armstrong Purdee, the first black lawyer of Jackson County, and Gracie (née White) Purdee. She is the only surviving child out of her three siblings, and an adopted sister. Her grandmother Francis White was a full-blooded Seminole Indian.
She married her husband Willie E. Spires on 19 February 1934. The couple had ten children (three now deceased).
She celebrated her 110th birthday in April 2020.
She currently lives in Marianna, Florida, USA, at the age of 110 years, 291 days.
References
- Armstrong Purdee Find A Grave
- Marriage Record FamilySearch
- 105th Birthday Celebration for Jackson County Centenarian Dothan Eagle, 17 April 2015
- 108th birthday Facebook Post, 10 April 2018
- 110th birthday Facebook Post, 10 April 2020
- Supercentenarian Sarah Purdee Spires celebrates 110th birthday Dothan Eagle, 18 April 2020
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