News ‘A pillar and stalwart’: Hester Ford, the oldest person in US, dies at 115 (or maybe 116) April 19, 2021 Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘A pillar and stalwart’: Hester Ford, the oldest person in US, dies at 115 (or maybe 116) Hester Ford lived through the Spanish Flu pandemic, two world wars and the beginnings of the civil rights movement.