Going Down in History

Two of the oldest people alive died on the same, exact day. Mary Josephine Ray, who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, died Sunday at age 114 years.Ray died just hours before Daisey Bailey, who was 113 years. Mary Josephine Ray died at a nursing home in Westmoreland but was active until about two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine Ray said.The oldest living American is now Neva Morris, of Ames, Iowa, at age 114 years. The oldest person in the world is Japan's Kama Chinen at age 114 years.