abstract:Edna Ruth Parker ( Scott)Governor meets with country's two oldest, both Hoosiers (April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008) was an American supercentenarian and, until her death, was recognized as the oldest person in the world following the death of Yone Minagawa of Japan on August 13, 2007.World's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, dies at 114 – Japan News Review.