Mrs. Bettie Wilson
September 13, 1890 – November 13, 2006
Born in the New Albany to freed slaves Mrs Bettie lived to be 115 years old. She became the 3rd oldest living person in the United States on her 115 birthday. She was the oldest person until the verification of the birth date of Elizabeth Bolden, who was also born in the rural South. The two lived less than 100 miles from one another.
