Lillie Maud Carberry – Gerontology Research Group

Lifespan: Feb. 15, 1886 – Jan. 16, 1997
Age: 110 years, 179 days
Birthplace: Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Last residence: Decatur, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Validation date: May 14, 2015
Validation source: Jason King/Oliver Trim/Waclaw Jan Kroczek

Lillie Maud Carberry was born as Lillie Maud Hays in Washington County, Tennessee, United States on February 15, 1886. Her parents were John Hays and Sarah (née Whitlock) Hays. She had five half-siblings and three siblings. She married George Asbury Carberry in Fall Branch, Tennessee, United States on January 17, 1905. The couple had five children: Vesta Hufford, Amy Jacobs, Reed Carberry, Fay Carberry, and Beulah Espy. She was widowed in 1956. Carberry was a member of Mount Zion Christian Church and a homemaker.
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Lillie Maud Carberry died in Fair Havens Christian Home in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, United States on January 16, 1997 at the age of 110 years, 336 days. At the time of her death, she had nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, 17 great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild
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The research on Lillie Maud Carberry’s case was initiated by Jason King in 2013, and completed by Oliver Trim and Waclaw Jan Kroczek. Her age was validated by the GRG on May 14, 2015.

Lillie Maud Carberry as a young woman and in her older years.