[WATCH] 115-Year-Old Woman is ‘World’s Oldest Person’

Susannah Mushatt Jones was recently named the world’s oldest person, inheriting the title after 116-year-old Jeralean Talley passed away in Detroit on Wednesday. The 115-year-old woman will turn 116 on July 6. Jones currently resides in Brooklyn

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With over 100 nieces and nephews, Jones is as alert as ever. Although she lost her eyesight and has a hard time hearing, she isn’t bound to her bed, and even has a birthday party planned. Jones, born the third of eleven children, is the only sibling still living. She credits “sleep

” as the secret to a long life; as she spends 10 hours of her day sleeping, and her faith in God.

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