text: A 116-year-old Arkansas woman passed away on Monday just six days after she was announced as the oldest living person in the world. Last week Gertrude Weaver, who was already the oldest person in America, asked President Barack Obama to attend her birthday party on the Fourth of July. The Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, where Weaver was a resident, confirmed her death and said they were 'devastated by her loss'. Scroll down for video . Gertrude Weaver, the world's oldest person, died at 116 on Monday in Camden, Arkansas . Weaver passed away from complications due to pneumonia, according to KATV. Kathy Langley, the center's administrator, said Weaver was enjoying the spotlight she received in the last week of her life, she told Reuters. The staff read Weaver the many news articles written about her after she became the oldest person in the world. Weaver inherited the title last Wednesday, after the death of 117-year-old Misao Okawa in Japan, according to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group. She attributed her long life to treating others well and eating her own cooking. 'I treat everyone the way I want to be treated,' she told reporters. Weaver, who received a letter from Obama on her 116th birthday, said she wanted to meet the president at her birthday party because she voted for him twice. Weaver attributed her long life to treating others well and eating her own cooking . While living at Silver Oaks, Weaver exercised in her wheelchair three times a week and ate three meals a day at the facility's dining room. Weaver was born on July 4, 1898 in Arkansas. She was the daughter of sharecroppers and worked as a domestic helper. After retiring, she lived with her granddaughter. Weaver moved to Silver Oaks in 2009 when her granddaughter had health problems, according to Langley, who called her an 'absolutely amazing lady'. Weaver became the world's oldest person on Wednesday following the death of Misao Okawa in Japan(left) who died at the age of 117. American Jeralean Talley, 115, (right) is now the world's oldest person . Weaver's 93-year-old son visited her on a regular basis. Jeralean Talley, of Detroit, is now the world's oldest person, according to the Gerontology Research Group. Talley was born on May 23, 1899 and will turn 116 next month. She bowled until she was 104 years old and never smoked or drank alcohol. The only surgery Talley said she ever had was to get her tonsils removed, according to Reuters. Talley credits her long life to her faith. She lives with her daughter, Thelma Holloway.
target: Gertrude Weaver became the world's oldest person last week following the death of a 117-year-old woman in Japan .
  Waver died from complications due to pneumonia in Camden .
  She attributed her long life to treating others well and eating her own cooking .
  Weaver was born in Arkansas in 1898 and worked as a domestic helper .
  115-year-old Jeralean Talley, of Detroit, is now the world's oldest person .