Iva Laura Shumate (née Queen; 4 November 1887 - 11 June 1999) was born in Jackson, North Carolina on 4 November 1887 as the daughter of Ellis and Amie Ensley Shumate. She grew up in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina and married twice. The first time she married to Lewis A. Daugherty and had a daughter named May. The couple either separated or Lewis died. Iva then married Charles William Shumate but had no additional children. She was widowed in 1962. Iva Shumate died in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina on 11 June 1999 aged 111 years, 219 days.