| Leola Washington | |
 Leola Washington on her 110th birthday in 2011. | |
| Birth: | 2 March 1901 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Death: | 13 October 2013 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Age: | 112 years, 225 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Unvalidated | |
Leola Washington (née Williams; 2 March 1901 – 13 October 2013) was an American supercentenarian who was one of the oldest known people in Missouri when she died. Her case is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Leola Washington was born as Leola Williams in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, on 2 March 1901. Her parents were Nora and John Williams, the latter dying around a fortnight after Leola's birth. Leola and her mother later moved to the Mississippi Delta, where they raised chickens and hogs and grew cotton.
She moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1954, where Leola met and married her husband, William Washington. Leola worked as a house cleaner for four families. William Washington died in 1961. Leola claimed that her marriage was her secret to a happy life. She moved to Garrison Care Centre when she was around 104. In her later years, she was known as Mother Washington. "Serving the man above" was her secret to living a long life.
Washington died in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on 13 October 2013 at the age of 112 years, 225 days.
References[]
- Mother Washington celebrates her 107th Lake Expo
- Leola Washington celebrates her 108th birthday in St. Louis with her church family St. Louis American
- Happy 109th birthday to Leola Washington St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Local woman becomes supercentenarian, receives recognition from president KMOV
- Leola Washington Find A Grave