Nation’s Oldest Person Celebrates Another Year

JACKSONVILLE (AP) – The nation’s oldest person, an East Texas resident, has celebrated yet another year. But which year is a matter of mild debate. The Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles lists Eunice Sanborn at 114, validating her as the oldest person in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world. A lady in France has her beat by about five months for top international supercentenarian. However Sanborn, a longtime Jacksonville resident, and her friends say she was actually born on July 20 in 1895, not 1896 as the official record states. That makes her 115. The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that Sanborn has been resting up since partying with 100 well-wishers at her birthday bash at the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville on Tuesday.