Just another birthday for Detroit-area woman _ her 116th

Just another birthday for Detroit-area woman _ her 116th,  A Detroit-zone lady turned 116 Saturday, yet she offers no mystery for a long life.

"There's nothing I can do about it," Jeralean Talley of Inkster said in front of her birthday weekend.

Talley will commend her birthday twice, including a Sunday party at her congregation, New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist. The Gerontology Research Group considers her to be the most established individual on the planet, in light of accessible records, trailed by Susannah Jones of Brooklyn, New York, who turns 116 in July.

"You're more inclined to the win the lottery than to achieve this age," said Robert Young of Gerontology Research.

Talley knocked down some pins until she was 104 and still likes to catch fish. A little girl, Thelma Holloway, tells the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1F2Ez2k ) that her mom still has a sharp personality.

She was conceived in Montrose, Georgia, in 1899 and moved to Michigan in the 1930s. Talley's spouse kicked the bucket in 1988 at age 95.Her No. 1 principle is to treat individuals how you need to be dealt with," said godson Tyler Kinloch, 21, who angles with her. "I certainly convey that with me each and every day."

Talley got $116 — a dollar for consistently — at an occasion Thursday at a neighborhood office of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The participants included U.S. Rep. John Conyers. The Democrat is the longest-serving part in the House, yet even at 86 he's three decades more youthful than Talley, who lives in his region.

"I thank you, all that much," Talley told the gr
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