The Gerontology Research Group considers her to be the oldest person in the world, based on available records, followed by Susannah Jones of Brooklyn, New York, who turns 116 in July. A daughter, Thelma Holloway, tells the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1F2Ez2k ) that her mother still has a sharp mind. Talley received $116 — a dollar for every year — at an event Thursday at a local office of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.