Happy Birthday Besse Cooper

[AllenG]

My best friend's grandmother turned 116 this week.

Mrs. Besse (pronounced Bess) is the oldest person alive and only one of 8 people ever to live to 116.
Still fully aware and as stubborn as a mule.

 

[Mike H]

Wow, that is amazing.

 

[MrDentini]

She looks like 80. Thas is almost 40 years younger!!
Here's what happened the year she's born: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896
Happy Birthday Mrs. Besse.

 

[Isaac]

WOW...

I love to talk to people in the 80-90 age range. To talk to them about the things they have seen in their life is amazing. Can you imagine she has lived through two world wars, telephones, television, air travel, moon landing. My goodness!!

 

[life2short1971]

And they don't hold anything back either. If they have something on their mind they say it and are not gonna sugar coat it either.