by Heather Laskin | Sep 6, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
Most of us have a hard time imagining even making it to 100, but not Hester Ford. Hester, born on August 15, 1905, just celebrated her 112th birthday. She’s the ninth oldest living person in the United States! In honor of her birthday, Hester’s family...
by Heather Laskin | May 13, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
The oldest living World War II veteran is turning 111 this week at his long-time Texas home. Richard Overton was born May 11, 1906 in Bastrop County. When he came of age, he served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945 as part of the all-black 1887th Engineer...
by Heather Laskin | Apr 17, 2017 | Awesome
She was baptized 104 years ago, has a 97-year-old son and has been going to church for more than a century. Meet Violet Brown, a 117-year-old Jamaican woman who became the oldest living person in the world over the weekend after the death of the previous title holder,...
by Heather Laskin | Sep 16, 2016 | Awesome
In 1916, Israel Kristal was a motherless Jewish child whose father was away fighting in World War I and would soon be killed in action. He turned 13 without celebrating his bar mitzvah. A century later, Kristal will finally get the chance. Kristal, who is the oldest...
by Heather Laskin | Aug 28, 2016 | Awesome
The world’s oldest man has been named as Indonesian Mbah Gotho, who is 145 years old, with documentation that says he was born in 1870. Mr Gotho said he began preparing for his death in 1992, even having a gravestone made, but 24 years later he is still alive....
