celebrating a very special birthday to catch her family and friends threw her a party yesterday and a shirley chan the 114 year-old may now be the oldest person living in the u s. this is harlem's history. this is family history. just we're standing here with a harlem landmark hall icon. murphy, ireland's favor, supercentenarians mrs. murphy turning 114 years young on july 6. >>becoming the oldest living person in the entire country loved one from members of the harlem community saluting her. queen as she gets away with her latest blog cans, and even a sash over her finest rest mrs. murphy arrives at her big birthday bash she's the glue that holds this family together. mrs. murphy was born into a family of 12 children in north carolina, she moved to harlem because she wanted to be a part of the harlem renaissance in the 20's she lost her husband early a widow since 1953 she raised kids on her own and became a respected policing not you know you've been a really long time she says i'm here because i don't know how to i'm here to show how to live and things to do. >>relatives tell me remarkably she