Josefa Maria da Conceição "Nana" - of Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil - turned 112 yesterday. She was born on 4 April 1914 and is currently the oldest living person in the state of Paraíba.
Feliz aniversário, Nana! 🎉
Feliz aniversário, Sra. Josefa Maria da Conceição! 🌻
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
Feliz aniversário, Sra. da Conceição!
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Congratulations and happy birthday to Sra de Conceicao.

Josefa Maria da Conceição, the oldest known living person in Paraíba, Brazil, turned 112 years old on 4 April. However, she and her family celebrated it today, 10 April.
Josefa Maria da Conceição was born in Sítio Curral do Meio in Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil, on 4 April 1914. Her father, Manoel Simplício do Nascimento, passed away on 26 March 1947, while her mother, Maria Tertulina da Conceição, passed away on 3 July 1972. She had one son; Marivaldo Alves Farias (21 October 1955 – 13 August 1998). At the time of her 112th birthday, she has two grandsons; Ariosvaldo and Márcio.
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Josefa Maria da Conceição on her 112th birthday. We would also like to thank her family for sharing photos of the celebration with us through our Brazilian researchers, Gabriel Ainsworth and Iara Souza. We hope she had a wonderful day and wish her many more years of health and happiness.