Fox News: Oldest person in the US, Elizabeth Francis, dies at 115 years old in Houston

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Oldest person in the US, Elizabeth Francis, dies at 115 years old in Houston

Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest living person in the United States, has died at her home in Houston, Texas. She was 115.......                    ...                        ...Elizabeth Francis, the oldest person in the U.S., You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login at the age of 115 on Tuesday.......Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death, according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, a database on the world's oldest people......."Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a cherished member of the community," a news release from the database said.......Francis was born on July 25, 1909, and lived through 20 US Presidents, with her first being former You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......While You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Francis was a long-time Houston, Texas resident. She lived with her 95-year-old daughter, Dorothy Williams, and her granddaughter, Ethel Harrison.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Francis first moved to Houston after her mother died when she was 11, and she and her five siblings were sent to different homes. She was raised by her aunt and has lived there since.......She never drove a car, but she worked outside the home, running the coffee shop at a TV station in Houston during the 1970s and 80s.......Ben Meyers, the CEO of LongeviQuest, previously told Fox News Digital that Francis was sustained by her family and her community......."One thing that she really is an example of more than almost anybody else I've met is just family and community," he said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Francis attended the same church for years and was an active member......."She lives at home, and she's the oldest person in the world to live at home. It's really pretty extraordinary. Also, the community that she has You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. So there [are] really active families and communities. It's very difficult for people to reach that age in isolation," Meyers added.......Francis has three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. ......Fox News Digital's Gretchen Eichenberg contributed to this report....

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