Oldest Texan Dead At 114

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(March 24, 2008) -- One of the oldest people in the world, Arbella Perkins Ewings, died Saturday at a Dallas retirement home. She was 114.
Ewings celebrated her birthday March 13 with a proclamation from
Mayor Tom Leppert, speeches by friends and family. She blew out all
114 candles on her birthday cake.

But during the party, she warned those attending that she
wouldn't be around much longer.

At the time of her death, Ewings was the oldest person in Texas,
the second-oldest American and the third-oldest person in the
world, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a California
group that tracks the world's oldest people.
Gerontology Research Group >>

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Posted by: michael Location: k-town on Mar 24, 2008 at 09:14 AM
May God bless her and her family. This is a wonderful story and I bet she had some really great stories to tell. Wish I could have met her and listened to her stories.

Posted by: Sonia Location: Texas on Mar 24, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Bless her heart and her family. My prayers are with her loves ones.

Posted by: AC Location: East Texas on Mar 24, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Bless her heart. To live so long and through so many changes this world has had. Oh how I would have loved to have heard some of her stories about life. Her family was blessed to have her around for as long as they had her. I too wish a photo would have been added to this story. My prayers are with her loved ones.

Posted by: Sue H. Location: Texas on Mar 23, 2008 at 05:53 PM
She was blessed to have lived so long. May God be with her family.

Posted by: Darlene Location: waco on Mar 23, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Would love to see a picture. Did she have survivors?

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