Since her birth in 1909, Francis lived through two world wars, segregation, the fall of the Soviet Union, multiple pandemics ...

She was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her passing and the 54th oldest person to ever live.

Francis claimed the title in February, and was also the third oldest person in the world. She died at home on Tuesday, ...

She is currently the seventh oldest person in the world, and has 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 49 great-great-grandchildren and three great-great-great-grandchildren.

At the time of her death, Francis was the third-oldest known living person in the world, the organization reported, and among the longest-lived people in U.S. history. Francis’ primary caregiver ...

At the time of her death, Francis was the third-oldest known living person in the world, the organization reported, and among the 21st longest-lived people in U.S. history. The Houston resident ...

Francis died in the Houston home she lived in with her 95-year-old daughter, Dorothy Williams, and her granddaughter, according to LongeviQuest, a database tracker of the world’s oldest people.

Known as “Queen Elizabeth of Houston,” Elizabeth Francis died this week at age 115, making her the oldest person ... in the world – Johnson reached 106 before her death in 2011. When asked earlier ...

Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her ... says Naomi Whitehead is the oldest living person in the U.S. The 114-year-old currently resides in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

She is currently the seventh oldest person in the world, and has 12 grandchildren ... Whitehead, who now lives in a senior living community, was born on a Georgia farm, she told the newspaper ...

In 1909, William Taft replaced Theodore Roosevelt as president of the US, women couldn't yet vote in the US, and Elizabeth Francis — who was until recently the oldest living American — was born.

making her the oldest person in the United States and the third oldest person in the world. Francis was one of the few people classified as a supercentenarian, a person who lives to be older than 110.