Charlotte's Hester Ford, oldest living American, dies at 116 years old

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

Hester Ford, born in 1904, moved to Charlotte in the 1950s.

Ford has seen a lot in her lifetime, more than anyone in the United States.

She had been known as the oldest living American at 116 years old.

Ford died Saturday, according to her great-granddaughter.

"Her light shined beyond her local area and she lived beyond a century with memories containing real-life experience of over 100 years", her great-granddaughter Tanisha Patterson-Powe said. "She not only represented the advancement of our family but of the Black African American race and culture in our country. She was a reminder of how far we have come as people on this earth. She has been celebrated all over the world by local governments, community leaders, social media, foreign dignities and Presidents as a cherished jewel of society for holding the honor of being the oldest living person in America".

Patterson-Powe said Ms. Ford died peacefully at her home in Charlotte surrounded by family.

Ford has lived through two global pandemics, the 1918 influenza pandemic and currently the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the matriarch of a large family, Ford has 12 children, 48 grandchildren, 108 great-grandchildren and approximately 120 great-great-grandchildren.

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