Violet Wood, British supercentenarian, oldest person in the United Kingdom died she was 112

Violet Jane Wood was a British supercentenarian who was the oldest person in the United Kingdom for almost a year before her death at the age of 112 years, 180 days.

 (2 September 1899 – 29 February 2012)

Violet Jane Hodges was born in Faversham, Kent, England. She was married to Harry Wood for 62 years until his death at the age of 92.

She drove a car until she was 80 years old, and worked on a farm all of her life.^[1] She credited her longevity to eating toast and pickles.^[2]

Her sisters Bertha and Marjorie lived to the ages of 106 and 99 respectively.^{[1][2][2][3][4]} She was succeeded in this title by Grace Jones.

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