thats a lot of stories to tell ; rest easy now your time in this troubled woprld is done ;

SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento’s George Rene Francis, officially recognized as the oldest living man in America and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, died this weekend at 112 years old.  ………..con’t  Francis, whose 78-year-old daughter Lelia LaRue helped him fill out his absentee ballot, never thought he would see an African-American become president. Born in New Orleans in June 1896, Francis said he felt the sting of Jim Crow laws in the segregated South. ………..con’t  At 112 years, 206 days old, Francis was one of the 20 oldest verified men in recorded history. Francis shared a birthdate with the co-second-oldest man alive, Henry Allingham of Britain. The world’s oldest living man is Japan’s Tomoji Tanabe at 113 years old. …………..con’t    http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=52493