Background
He was the son of Chestnut Wade Holcomb and Nancy Sarah Jane Sharp.
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Benjamin Holcomb
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Career
He put his longevity down to his ability to "weep freely", which he said stopped him ever getting stressed, and regular glasses of "good wine". He lived most of his life in Oklahoma, where he farmed every day until his retirement in 1996 aged 107. Holcomb had 5 children, 9 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
In 1998, aged 109, he became the oldest known man to stalk and shoot a deer.
He died on December 2, 2000.
