In this May 11, 2018 frame from video, photos of Lessie Brown rest on a chair in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She is believed to be the oldest person in the United States after the death of a 114-year-old... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this May 11, 2018 frame from video, photos of Lessie Brown rest on a chair in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She is believed to be the oldest person in the United States after the death of a 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman. (David Petkiewicz/The Plain Dealer via AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A 113-year-old woman living in suburban Cleveland is believed to be the oldest person in the United States after the death of a 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman. 
 
 Cleveland.com reports the 88-year-old daughter of Lessie Brown says her mother remarked, "that's good" when told Friday she had become the country's oldest person. 
 
 Daughter Verline Wilson says Brown spends much of her days sleeping. 
 
 Brown was born in 1904 in Atlanta and moved to Cleveland when she was 18. She married and had five children, three of whom are still living. The Cleveland Heights resident has more than 50 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. 
 
 Family members have attributed Brown's long life to her eating a yam every day until she was 110. 
 
 Delphine Gibson was 114 when she died Wednesday in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. ||||| CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - Lessie Brown, who turned 113 last September, is now believed to be the oldest person in the United States, according to Gerontology Research Group in Sandy Springs, Georgia. 
 
 Brown became the oldest person in America with the passing of Delphine Gibson, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, who was 114 when she passed away on Wednesday. 
 
 Brown's daughter, Verline Wilson, 88, received the news Friday morning and said her mother, who lives with her and spends most of her days sleeping, said "that's good," when she told her the news. 
 
 Brown was born in 1904 in Atlanta and moved to Cleveland when she was 18, and was married four years later. She had five children (three are still living), and when family members were asked how many descendants she had, they said it was more than 50, but with great-great-grandchildren, they have lost track. 
 
 Vivian Hatcher, 90, another of Brown's daughters, said that her mother believed she lived this long because it was God's plan. Brown was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Cleveland for more than 70 years. She continued going to church even past the age of 100. 
 
 Other family members attributed her longevity to the fact that she ate a yam every day until she was nearly 110 years old.
– A 113-year-old woman living in suburban Cleveland is believed to be the oldest person in the United States after the death of a 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman. The 88-year-old daughter of Lessie Brown says her mother remarked, "that's good" when told Friday she had become the country's oldest person, reports Cleveland.com. Brown was born in 1904 in Atlanta and moved to Cleveland when she was 18. She married and had five children, three of whom are still living. The Cleveland Heights resident has more than 50 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. Family members attributed Brown's long life to her eating a yam every day until she was 110, per the AP. Delphine Gibson was 114 when she died Wednesday in Huntingdon, Pa.