America's Oldest Person, Heights Resident, Dies At 114

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Lessie Brown, believed to be America's oldest resident, passed away on Tuesday. She was 114.

Brown was a Cleveland Heights resident. She died at her home in the city, according to Fox 8.

The title of America's oldest person — which is incredibly difficult to verify — is believed to have been held by Brown since May 11, 2018. That was the day Delphine Gibson, a 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman passed away.

In September, Brown turned 114.

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Brown was born on a farm in Georgia, according to a Heights Observer article celebrating her 110th birthday. She moved to the Cleveland area in 1921. She had five children with her husband. The couple lived together in Northeast Ohio until 1991, when Lessie's husband passed away.

Brown has lived to see 29 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren in her family.

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