Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Susan "Susie" Elizabeth Gibson (née Potts; October 31, 1890) – February 16, 2006) was an American supercentenarian and the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. She currently ranks as one of the 25 oldest validated persons of all time. Moreover, Gibson was older than several 'world's oldest persons'. She came along at a time of heavy competition: María Capovilla, Elizabeth Bolden and Bettie Wilson together marked just the second time there were four living at least 115-year-olds at the same time in 2005–2006 (the first time was in 1997–1998).[citation needed] In addition to her age, Gibson was in remarkable shape, able to be interviewed by NBC and others and still mentally fit until her final months. Unlike those confined to a nursing home, Gibson went out to eat at O'Charley's restaurant regularly, even up to age 115.Gibson was born in Corinth, Mississippi. The oldest located document, in the 1900 Census, lists her as born in 1890, as does the one in the 1920 Census. Her Social Security record, however, lists her as born in 1889.Susie Potts married James W. Gibson in 1915, and they moved to northwest Alabama, settling in Sheffield. He died in 1955, and her only son, James Jr., died in 1987, aged 66. By this time, Gibson was already 96 years old—and now living alone (though she had surviving grandchildren).Gibson lived on her own until age 104, when she moved into a nursing home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Ten years later, aged 114, she was one of the world's oldest people. In November 2004, Gibson was interviewed, at age 114, and was able to talk more than an hour, remembering such things as the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, or that horse-drawn carriages would get stuck in the mud. Gibson also recalled finding minié balls along the creeks near the old Shiloh battlefield. In October 2005, Gibson was interviewed again because of her 115th birthday, this time for NBC News (see video links).. }
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- Susie_Gibson abstract "Susan "Susie" Elizabeth Gibson (née Potts; October 31, 1890) – February 16, 2006) was an American supercentenarian and the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. She currently ranks as one of the 25 oldest validated persons of all time. Moreover, Gibson was older than several 'world's oldest persons'. She came along at a time of heavy competition: María Capovilla, Elizabeth Bolden and Bettie Wilson together marked just the second time there were four living at least 115-year-olds at the same time in 2005–2006 (the first time was in 1997–1998).[citation needed] In addition to her age, Gibson was in remarkable shape, able to be interviewed by NBC and others and still mentally fit until her final months. Unlike those confined to a nursing home, Gibson went out to eat at O'Charley's restaurant regularly, even up to age 115.Gibson was born in Corinth, Mississippi. The oldest located document, in the 1900 Census, lists her as born in 1890, as does the one in the 1920 Census. Her Social Security record, however, lists her as born in 1889.Susie Potts married James W. Gibson in 1915, and they moved to northwest Alabama, settling in Sheffield. He died in 1955, and her only son, James Jr., died in 1987, aged 66. By this time, Gibson was already 96 years old—and now living alone (though she had surviving grandchildren).Gibson lived on her own until age 104, when she moved into a nursing home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Ten years later, aged 114, she was one of the world's oldest people. In November 2004, Gibson was interviewed, at age 114, and was able to talk more than an hour, remembering such things as the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, or that horse-drawn carriages would get stuck in the mud. Gibson also recalled finding minié balls along the creeks near the old Shiloh battlefield. In October 2005, Gibson was interviewed again because of her 115th birthday, this time for NBC News (see video links).".