âHer light shinedâ: Charlotteâs Hester Ford, oldest living American, dies at 116 years old Charlotteâs Hester Ford, previously oldest living American, dies at 115 years old (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | April 17, 2021 at 5:47 PM CDT - Updated April 17 at 10:20 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Hester Ford, born in 1904, moved to Charlotte in the 1950s.
Ford has seen a lot in her lifetime, more than anyone in the United States.
She had been known as the oldest living American at 116 years old.
Ford died Saturday, according to her great-granddaughter.
âHer light shined beyond her local area and she lived beyond a century with memories containing real-life experience of over 100 years,â her great-granddaughter Tanisha Patterson-Powe said. âShe not only represented the advancement of our family but of the Black African American race and culture in our country. She was a reminder of how far we have come as people on this earth. She has been
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Ford had 12 children, 48 grandchildren, 108 great-grandchildren, and approximately 120 great-great-grandchildren. She was a pillar and stalwart to our family and provided much needed love, support and understanding to us all, her family said in a statement posted on Facebook on Saturday. She was the seed that sprouted leaves and branches which is now our family. God saw fit to make her the matriarch of your family and blessed us to be her caretakers and recipients of her legacy. Her light shined beyond her local area and she lived beyond a century with memories containing real life experience of over 100 years, the family s post continues. She not only represented the advancement of our family but of the Black African American race and culture in our country. She was a reminder of how far we have come as people on this earth.
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Hester Ford, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Saturday at the age of 116, according to WBTV.
Born in 1904 in Lancaster, South Carolina, Ford grew up working on a farm, planting and picking cotton and plowing the fields, the local station said.
In addition to her legion of great-greats, the matriarch had 12 children, 48 grandchildren and 108 great-grandchildren, according to the report.
Her precise age was unclear. One set of census records shows her birth as Aug. 15, 1904, but another set shows she was born in 1905. However, last year the Gerontology Research Group reportedly declared she was the oldest person in the US.
She died peacefully at home surrounded by family, her great-granddaughter said, according to the station.