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John Daniel OLINGER
The Beattyville Enterprise (Beattyville, KY)
Thursday, 20 December 1951
Funeral services for John D. Olinger, 78, a one-time prominent merchant of Airdale, were held Tuesday afternoon in the Chapel of the King Justice Funeral Home with the Rev. E. C. Dalrymple officiating.
Mr. Olinger died Friday, Dec. 14, at his home on Upper Creek.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Olinger, a daughter, Mrs. Wilgus Cole of here, two brothers, Ira Olinger of Clay City and Mort Olinger of Middletown, O. He also leaves four granddaughters and four great grandchildren.
Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery with King Justice Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers for this funeral were A. F. Hobbs, D. P. Tipton, C. F. Becker, Albert Vanderpool, Clarence Shoemaker, and Mort Spencer.

Edmond Henry OLIVER
Wolfe County News - Dec. 5, 1951
LENGTHY ILLNESS FATAL IN LEE TO E.H. OLIVER, 70
Funeral services were held Sunday in the St. Helen's Christian Church, St. Helens, KY., for E. H. "Eddie" Oliver, 70, who died at home near Fincastle Friday, Nov. 30, after an illness of nearly two years.
Eddie, the son of the late Walter T. and Julia Shackelford Oliver, was a native of Wolfe county but had been a resident of Lee County for the past 33 years. He was a school teacher by profession but for the past several years served as postmaster of Fincastle. He was also a member of the Christian Church.
Mr. Oliver beside being a good business and professional man, was an outstanding citizen. He was a man of integrity and honesty and his death is not only a great loss to his family, but to his county and state.
Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Oliver, three sons: Walter, Herman and John Paul Oliver, and five daughters who include Mrs. Ruth Smyth, Leeco; Mrs. Marie Ridgon, Louisville, Mrs. Madge Cockerham, Beattyville; and Gladys and Beulah Oliver who are still at home.
Two of the surviving sons, Herman and John Paul are in the armed services. The third son, Walker, lives on a farm near the home of his parents.
Mr. Oliver is also survived by one brother, C.B. Oliver of Campton and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Griffith of Jackson and Mrs. Tillie Cable of Baptist, Ky, in Wolfe County.
The pallbearers were Jim Griffin, John D. Hieronymus, Clayton Judd, A.H. Taylor, John Cable, Topsy Cable, J.H. Kincaid, and Thomas Earl Shackelford.
The Rev. Bill Warner was in charge of the funeral services and burial was in the Evans Crossing Cemetery, Campton, with Congleton Bros. Funeral Home of Beattyville, in charge of arrangements.

Hervey OWENS Jr.
The Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)
Monday, 1 January 1951
Hervey Owens Jr., 33, of 260 Clay avenue, died at 10:35 o'clock yesterday morning at Good Samaritan hospital where he was admitted Saturday.
He was born in Fayette county, and was a son of Hervey and Maude Webb Owens, Lexington. Mr. Owens was an employee of the Gulf Refining Company for 10 years, and was a member of the Oxford Christian church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Gross Owens; two daughtes, Pattie Frances and Carol Jean Owens; two brothes, Millard Owens, Lexington, and J. T. Owens, Georgetown, and a sister, Mrs. Clell Johnson, Fayette county.
The body was removed to Kerr Brothers funeral home. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Rev. C. L. Pyatt officiating. Interment will be in the Mt. Perrian cemetery in Lee county.
Casket bearers will be Arthur Gray, J. D. Dennis, George Pryse, Albert Carroll, Harry Carroll and James F. Dennis.

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