Party thrown for woman named oldest person

? A 114-year-old Indiana woman who became the world’s oldest person this week celebrated the distinction Thursday with a slice of her favorite cake.

Edna Parker, who has outlived her husband, children and siblings, was confirmed as the world’s oldest known person when Yone Mnagawa, a Japanese woman four months her senior, died Monday. Parker was born April 20, 1893.

Parker has 5 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. The youngest, 7-month-old Kole Scott, sat on her lap Thursday as she and her visitors ate white cake, her favorite, decorated with sugar flowers and icing declaring her “the oldest person in the world.”