Edna Parker dies at 115; former teacher was world's oldest person
Friday, November 28, 2008 - 12:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Edna Parker, a former Indiana schoolteacher who was certified as the world's oldest person, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Ind. She was 115.
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