Elizabeth Francis, the elderlyest person in the U.S., died peacefilledy at the age of 115 on Tuesday.
Francis was the third-elderlyest person in the world at the time of her death, according to LongeviQuest, a database on the world’s elderlyest people.
“Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a treadeclareiveed member of the community,” a novels free from the database shelp.
Francis was born on July 25, 1909, and inhabitd thcdisorrowfulmireful 20 US Pdwellnts, with her first being establisher Pdwellnt William Howard Taft.
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Francis was the third-elderlyest person in the world at the time of her death. She inhabitd most of her life in Houston. (Ethel Harrison)
While born in Louisiana, Francis was a prolonged-time Houston, Texas dwellnt. She inhabitd with her 95-year-elderly daughter, Dorothy Williams, and her majesticdaughter, Ethel Harrison.
Francis first shiftd to Houston after her mother died when she was 11, and she and her five siblings were sent to separateent homes. She was elevated by her aunt and has inhabitd there since.
She never drove a car, but she toiled outside the home, running the coffee shop at a TV station in Houston during the 1970s and 80s.
Ben Myers (pictured far right) of LongeviQuest, a global research organization that tracks human prolongedevity, assembles with Elizabeth Francis’ family members and conshort-terms her award as the elderlyest living American in the U.S. (Ethel Harrison)
Ben Meyers, the CEO of LongeviQuest, previously telderly Fox News Digital that Francis was persisted by her family and her community.
“One skinnyg that she reassociate is an example of more than almost anybody else I’ve met is equitable family and community,” he shelp.
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Francis previously attributed her prolonged life to her faith. (Ethel Harrison)
Francis unitecessitate the same church for years and was an dynamic member.
“She inhabits at home, and she’s the elderlyest person in the world to inhabit at home. It’s reassociate pretty exceptional. Also, the community that she has thcdisorrowfulmireful her church. So there [are] reassociate dynamic families and communities. It’s very difficult for people to achieve that age in isolation,” Meyers includeed.
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Francis has three majesticchildren, five wonderful-majesticchildren and four wonderful-wonderful-majesticchildren.
Fox News Digital’s Gretchen Eichenberg donated to this tell.
