Lillian Cox

Lillian Todd Cox (born February 22, 1907) is an American super centenarian who at age 101, was honored as America's Oldest Driver in 2008.

In 1939 she moved to Tallahassee, Florida where she lived for most of her life, and drove her 1984 Sedan Deville around the neighborhood, before finally selling it in 2009. Lillian first got behind the wheel of her 1916 Model T in 1915, when she was only 8 years old at the time. She reportedly said:

"I drove when I wasn't supposed to be driving. We were 8 or 9 years old."

Lillian earned her title back in 2008 at age 101. At the time in 2008, she had renewed her license 3 months earlier; though it expired in 2011. Lillian had made a guest appearance on a Barbara Walters' TV special, and as the titleholder for America's Oldest Driver, Jay Leno still wanted her to appear on The Tonight Show; though she preferred to ride in a limousine for the occasion. In 2002, she drove her Sedan Deville from Tallahassee to Houston, Texas 3 to 5 times a year, aged 95 at the time. Lillian drove her Sedan Deville for more than 28 years, and remembers back in her youth when gas only cost 15 cents a gallon. She had one husband, a deceased daughter, Carolyn and has three granddaughters, Alyson Smith, Candy Partch Cullison and Celia Cutler. Cox is a member of First Baptist Church. She moved to Meadows Place, Texas after her 103rd birthday and lives there now. For her 105th birthday the mayor named February 22nd Lillian Cox Day Cox currently resides in The Hampton an assisted living facility in Meadows Place, Texas where she has lived since 2011. On February 22, 2017 Cox became a supercentenarian, when she reached the age of 110 years