Naomi Whitehead

Naomi Washington Whitehead is an American supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in the United States since the death of Elizabeth Francis on October 22, 2024.

Biography

Naomi Washington was born on September 26, 1910 of African American descent in rural Georgia to Douglas and Pauline Washington, where she grew up on a farm picking cotton and tobacco. She lived in Patterson, Georgia, in her youth with her older siblings Douglas Jr., Clarence, Ellen and Viola.
In 1930, Washington married Sylvester Whitehead. They had three sons: Sylvester Jr., Parrish L. and Elbert T..
Whitehead, of West Salem in Mercer County, part of Greater Pittsburgh, has stated that she never smoked or drank alcohol. She told reporters, "I'll live as long as the Lord lets me." Whitehead lives at St. Paul's Senior Living Community in Greenville, Pennsylvania.