Guyana’s oldest dies at 112

Berbice: Guyana’s oldest centenarian Mrs. Ismay Spooner died today at the ripe age of 112. Mrs. Spooner, a resident of Little Africa, Corriverton, Berbice, celebrated her 112 birthday on December, 27 last.

Ismay was born in Barbados on December 27, 1900 to Bajan parents. Her father, Livingston, died before she was born, but her mother Louise, lived to the ripe old age of 102. Her two brothers and two sisters are all deceased, leaving her as the only surviving member of her family.

She married Harold Spooner, a cane-harvester in British Guiana. He is also deceased.