Who Lived to be Over 100
In my recent lifetime, I knew my maternal grandmother to live to the age of almost one hundred years. She died just two months short. I thought that was a remarkable feat and probably someone in our family who lived the longest. Well, I tested that theory by running a search in RootsMagic to see if I had anyone who lived to be over one hundred years old. And sure enough, I got a return of six people. I will focus on my mother’s side of the family. That brings the number to three. My grandmother’s uncle, William Hutson Loveless was born on 1 March 1894 in Arkansas and died on 23 May 1998 in Seminole, Texas. He was 104 years old. My first cousin, four times removed, Drew Oliver Welch , was born on 15 January 1865 in Copiah Co, Mississippi, and died on 1 January 1969 in Tyler, Texas. He was 103 years old. My second cousin, three times removed, Thelma Gladys Welch , was born on 3 February 1900 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and died on 24 September 2002 in Erath County, Texas. She wa...