Oldest woman in US turns 115

Inkster, MI (CNN) -- Born in the 19th Century, the oldest person in the United States turned 115-years-old on Friday.


Jeralean Talley celebrated her birthday with her family in the same home she's lived at since the 1960s. 


Talley says she told God she didn't want to be sick or suffer for a long time and Talley says \"So far, I haven't suffered so much.\"


The oldest person in the world is a woman in Japan who is 116 years old.

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