Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Last month two women with a combined age of 227 years met in Shelbyville, Indiana, setting a new world record for the “Oldest Combined Age of Two People Meeting.”

That’s right the women, Edna Parker of Shelbyville, Indiana, (in photo from ShelbyNews.com) 114 years old and fellow Hoosier 113 year old Bertha Fry met to celebrate Parker’s birthday. In doing so, the women sailed broke the old Guinness World Record of 219 years by 8 years!

If that wasn’t enough of a birthday surprise, Parker was also granted with the Guinness World Record for the “Oldest Living Woman (USA).”

Officials from the Guinness organization were in attendance for Parker’s birthday to certify the records and document the event for the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records, set to hit the book stores on August 7th.

The Oldest Living Person in the World is still recognized as Yone Minagawa, who was born on January 4, 1893 in Japan.

Labels: Guinness World Records, Interesing News, Oldest Living People, Oldest People, Record Breakers, Unusual Facts, Unusual News

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