Maggie Thornton Renfro will be 115 in November. She is the 7th oldest in the world. Her life will be celebrated alongside her sisters, Carrie, 107, and Rosie Thornton, 103.
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Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro spends her days singing. The 114 year old lived by herself until she was 106 years old, then adopted daughter Mattie Ellis moved in, helping with day to day chores like cooking breakfast.
“Grits, sausage and coffee every morning, that’s what she likes, every morning” Ellis says.The centenarian is in relatively good health, having only three minor surgeries in her entire life and taking just five medicines a day. She can still do things like feed herself, amazing family members and the Guinness Book of World Records.
“I never would have thought she would be breaking records, but she is” says Ellis with a smile.
“We knew going into this that Maggie held the distiction of being the 4th oldest person in the nation, and the 7th oldest person in the world. And just recently we learned that she is the oldest African American nation and her three sisters they are the oldest African American siblings in the world” says Minden Board of Cultural Crossroads chair Chris Broussard.
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