Grace Rebecca Nelsen Jones was born June 4, 1893 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Her parents were Danish immigrants, and Grace was the 12th and last child, born when her mother was already 43 years old. She later married Charles Jones and started a family of her own. In 2005 Grace became the Virginia state recordholder for the oldest verified person born in Virginia. She died April 24, 2006 at the age of 112 years and 324 days. At the time of her passing, she ranked as the world's 10th-oldest person.
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