article_snippet.sent: An Arkansas woman who has become the world's oldest living person wants President Barack Obama to attend An Arkansas woman who has become the world's oldest living person 117th birthday party on the Fourth of July.
article_snippet.sent: At 116, Gertrude Weaver was already the oldest person in America.
article_snippet.sent: With the death of 117-year-old Misao Okawa in Japan on Wednesday , Gertrude Weaver became the world's oldest person, according to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group.
article_snippet.sent: Gertrude Weaver, right, of Camden, Arkansas, became the world's oldest person on Wednesday following the death of Japanese woman Misao Okawa who died at the age of 117 on Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person who credited Langley longevity to 'eating delicious things' and getting plenty of rest, died at the age of 117 on Wednesday, Japanese media reported.
article_snippet.sent: Okawa was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest person in June 2013 when Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, died at the age of 116 years and 54 days.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gertrude Weaver, 116, of Camden, Arkansas, became the world's oldest person on Wednesday following the death of a lady in Japan .
  