Delphine Gibson

Delphine Gibson (August 17, 1903 – May 9, 2018) was an American Supercentenarian. She was born in Fairfield County, South Carolina. At the age of was the oldest person in the United States. She became the oldest living American upon the death of Adele Dunlap on February 5, 2017.
She married Tyler Gibson in 1928. They had three children. Gibson lives in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
She became the oldest living American citizen following the death of American emigrant Marie-Josephine Gaudette on 13 July 2017.
Gibson died on May 9, 2018 at the age of 114. She was succeeded as the oldest living person in the USA by Lessie Brown, (22 September 1904 – 8 January 2019).