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Jones' death
makes Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, a 116-year-old woman in Italy, the
oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research
Group.
Jones, who was born in the southern U.S. state of Alabama in
1899, was the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of
slaves.
After graduating from high school she moved north in 1922 to New
Jersey and then New York, where she worked as a housekeeper and
childcare provider, according to Guinness World Records and the
Vandalia Senior Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn,
where she lived.
Jones, who retired in 1965, had said that lots of sleep is the
secret to her longevity and that she had never smoked or drank
alcohol.
The oldest verified person was Jeanne Calment of France, who
died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days, the research group said.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Toby
Chopra)
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