Gertrude Baines dies at age 115 , was America 's oldest person . She credited life to God , not alcohol or smoking . ` Everybody 's glad for a colored man to be in there sometime , '' Baines said . She was oldest African - American to vote for President Obama .
Gertrude Baines dies at age 115 , was America 's oldest person . She credited life to God , not alcohol or smoking . She was oldest African - American to vote for President Obama .