World's 4th Oldest Person Dies in Athens
Doctor Leila Denmark, who moved to Athens, Ga., a few years ago, dies at age 114.
Athens, and the world, have lost one of the its oldest residents with the death Monday of Leila Denmark. She was the 4th oldest person in the world. She had been getting round-the-clock medical care for many weeks. She moved to Athens from Alpharetta a few years ago and lived on Morton Avenue with her daughter and only child, Mary Denmark Hutcherson. Dr. Denmark was graduated in 1926 from the Medical College of Georgia, the third woman to do so, according to a story in the Athens Banner Herald. She moved to Atlanta and was the first resident at Egleston Children's Hospital. According to her website, Dr. Denmark opened a practice in her home after Mary was born in 1930. She subsequently practiced pediatric medicine in her Altnata home, …
