Nabi Tajima of Japan is now the oldest human in the world after the death of Jamaica’s Violet Brown at 117 years and 189 days on Friday.
Tajima was born on Aug. 4, 1900. Violet Brown popularly known as “Aunt V” died Friday at a local hospital in Jamaica, where she had been treated for heart arrhythmia and dehydration.
Violet Mosses Brown
Violet Brown was born on March 10, 1900, and spent much of her life cutting sugar cane near her home in the Duanvale district in western Jamaica. she was baptized at age 13 at the Trittonvale Baptist Church and remained a member throughout her life, long serving as organist. She credited her longevity to hard work and her Christian faith.
Her husband Augustus Brown died in 1997 and the eldest of her six children died in April at age 97.
In an interview this year with The Associated Press, Brown said she was surprised but grateful to have lived so long.
“This is what God has given me, so I have to take it,” she said.
