Soo koob maqaalka:  Haweeney reer Arkansas ah oo noqotay qofkii ugu da'da weynaa dunida ayaa dooneysa in madaxweyne Barack Obama uu ka qeyb galo xafladda dhalashadeeda 117aad ee 4ta July. Gertrude Weaver, waxay ahayd qofkii ugu da'da weynaa Mareykanka, markay gaadhay 116 sano. Markii uu geeriyooday Misao Okawa oo 117 jir ah oo ku nool Japan Arbacadii, Weaver wuxuu noqday qofkii ugu da'da weynaa adduunka, sida laga soo xigtay Kooxda Cilmi baarista ee Gerontology ee fadhigeedu yahay Los Angeles. Hoos u rog fiidiyowga. Gertrude Weaver oo 116 sano jir ah, oo ku nool Camden, Arkansas, ayaa sheegtay in cimrigeeda ay sabab u tahay in ay dadka kale si fiican ula dhaqmayso ayna saddex jeer toddobaadkii jimicsi sameyso iyadoo ku fadhida kursiga curyaamiinta. Shaqaalaha Xarunta Caafimaadka iyo Baxnaaninta ee Silver Oaks ee Camden, oo qiyaastii 100 mayl koonfur-galbeed ka xigta Little Rock, ayaa sheegay in Weaver uu caafimaadkiisu wanaagsan yahay. Waxay sheegeen in cimrigeeda dheer ay ugu tala gashay in ay dadka si fiican ula dhaqato. Weaver waxay dooneysaa in ay madaxweynaha kula kulanto xafladda dhalashadeeda maxaa yeelay waxay laba jeer u codeysay. 'Waxaan ula dhaqmaa qof walba sida aan doonayo in loola dhaqmo,' Weaver ayaa u sheegtay suxufiyiinta dhalashadeedii 116aad markii ay heshay warqad ka timid Madaxweyne Obama. Weaver, waxay dhalatay July 4, 1898, waxay jimicsi ku sameysaa kursigeeda curyaamiinta seddex jeer usbuucii waxayna saddex jeer maalintii ka cuntaa qolka cuntada ee xarunta. Gabadhii sharecroppers waxay ku dhalatay Arkansas meel u dhow xadka Texas waxayna ka shaqeysay sidii caawimaad guri. Gertrude Weaver, midig, oo ka soo jeeda Camden, Arkansas, ayaa noqotay qofkii ugu da'da weynaa adduunka Arbacadii ka dib dhimashadii haweeneyda reer Japan Misao Okawa oo geeriyootay iyada oo 117 jir ah Arbacadii. Ka dib markii ay hawlgab noqotay, waxay la noolayd ayeeyadeed waxayna u guurtay Silver Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center sanadkii 2009 markii ay ayeeyadeed dhibaatooyin caafimaad qabtay, maamulaha xarunta Kathy Langley ayaa tiri. 'Waa gabadh cajiib ah,' ayuu yiri Langley. Wiilka 93 jirka ah ee Weaver ayaa si joogto ah u soo booqda. 'Waxay sheegtay in lagu barakeeyey nolol dheer oo caafimaad leh sababtoo ah sida ay dadka kale ula macaamilayso,' ayay tiri Langley. Misao Okawa, oo ah haweeney reer Japan ah oo loo aqoonsaday inay tahay qofkii ugu da'da weynaa adduunka oo ku tilmaamay cimrigeeda inay ku timid 'cunista cuntooyin macaan' iyo hurdo badan, ayaa ku dhimatay da'da 117 sano...
Gertrude Weaver, oo 116 jir ah, kana soo jeeda Camden, Arkansas, ayaa noqotay qofkii ugu da'da weynaa adduunka Arbacadii ka dib dhimashadii haweeney ku nool Japan. Waxay sheegtay in cimrigeeda ay sabab u tahay in ay dadka si fiican ula dhaqmayso ayna saddex jeer usbuucii ku jimicsato kursiga curyaamiinta. Gertrude waxay rabtaa in ay madaxweynaha la kulanto xafladda dhalashadeeda 4ta Luulyo maxaa yeelay waxay u codeysay laba jeer. Waxay ku dhalatay Arkansas meel u dhow xadka Texas sanadkii 1898 waxayna ka shaqaynaysay sidii caawiye guri.