
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, December 27, 1993                   TAG: 9312270115
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLUE RIDGE                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT OLIVER, JAMES T., JR. "J.T."

OLIVER, James T., Jr. "J.T.", 58, of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, December 23, 1993, at his home. He was a member of Bonsack Baptist Church and served with the Virginia State Police for 34 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, James T. Oliver, Sr., and Thelma V. Oliver. Surviving are his wife, Peggy K. Oliver; a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Tami Oliver, Blue Ridge; sister-in-law and her husband, Rebecca Ann and Franklin Woolard, Lynchburg; brothers-in-law, Dr. Alton G. Keel, Jr., Washington, D.C., John Edward Keel, Newport News, and numerous aunts and uncles. Funeral service will be conducted from Bonsack Baptist Church, 1 p.m. Monday, December 27, 1993, with the Rev. Dr. Robert G. Moore III, and Special Agent T.G. Ayers, Virginia State Police Chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in Fair View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harry Bosworth, Jr., Lee Bradley, Paul Dicks, Cecil Handy, Barry Keesee, and Wyatt Omohundro. The family suggests that memorials be made to Bonsack Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel after 9 a.m. Sunday where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

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