Death has a way of finding us one way or another. For some it comes way too soon and way too tragically, for others it seems they will be here forever.

Elizabeth Bolden died in Memphis, Tennessee yesterday. She was 116 years old. She was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in August as the world’s oldest living person.  Just how old is that?

Young said Bolden was born “the year that Idaho became a state and Sitting Bull was killed. She was an adult with a child when Mark Twain passed away. She was 28 years old when World War I ended.”

Reports say that Bolden was very sharp way into her 100′s.

A few weeks earlier, when one of her daughters kept trying to cover her with a blanket, she delivered an earful.

“If you weren’t my child, I’d put you over my knee and whoop the [expletive] out of you,” she said.

A good question will be if her family can actually fit into the funeral home. Here is a breakdown of how well she helped fertilize the earth.

She reportedly leaves more than 500 direct descendants, including 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great-grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren.

She outlived her husband by more than fifty years and all but two of her seven children. God bless her soul and the many people she touched during her lifetime.

photo: Commercial Appeal