Besse Cooper, from Monroe, Georgia, rang in her 116th year of life on Sunday, surrounded by friends and family at the nursing home where she now lives. Her loved ones gathered to mark her special day, at a low-key fete, according to her son Sidney Cooper, who said his elderly mom was 'not up for big celebrations.When asked about her secret to long life, Mrs Cooper stated squarely, 'I mind my own business and I don't eat junk food,' in comments to the Guinness World Records. Her remarks seem in line with her son's observation that, 'the older she has gotten the more wittier she has gotten.'Sidney Cooper credits his mom's longevity to her active lifestyle, healthy living and spunky personalities
'She never had surgery in her life,' Sidney Cooper told the Georgia Health News about his amazing mother, explaining that she avoided fatty foods and ate her veggies.
Besse was born on August 26, 1896, in Sullivan, Tennessee and moved to Georgia in 1917. She married her husband, Luther Cooper, in 1924 and they had four children: Angie, Luther, Sidney and Nancy. Her husband died in 1963 and she never remarried.
Today, Besse has 12 grandchildren and a slew of great-grandchildren and even great-great grandchildren.

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