Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Oldham, Marvin Edwin August 13, 2000
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Connie Epps-Bond http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003902 January 12, 2008, 12:20 am

Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000
    


Marvin Edwin Oldham 
Athens 


   Marvin Edwin Oldham, 93, of 801 Riverhill Drive, Athens, GA died Sunday, 
August 13, 2000.
   Mr. Oldham was a native of Clarke County and was the widower of Floris Anne 
Hackett Oldham. He was the son of the late Kingsley Allen and Julia Mae Couch 
Oldham. He was a retired assistant superintendent at the Standard Oil terminal 
and a veteran of the US Navy. Mr. Oldham was a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge #22 
F&AM and a member of Young Harris United Methodist Church.
   Mr. Oldham began his Masonic travels to Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22 where he 
was Initiated, Passed and Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in June 
and July 1939. Shortly thereafter he was appointed an officer and served as 
Worshipful Master in 1945. For many years he served as the Grand 
representative of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire Near the Grand Lodge of 
Georgia. Most Worshipful Grand Master Ralph C. James named Brother Oldham 
Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge for 1970-71. He received the Order of High 
Priesthood and presided as Excellent President of the Grand Council of 
Anointed High Priests in Georgia. Beginning the Grand Chapter office line in 
1971, Most Excellent Companion Oldham was elected Grand High Priest of Royal 
Arch Masons in Georgia for 1977-78. His wife, Floris, helped initiate Brother 
Oldham in Salonia Chapter No. 277 of the Order of the Eastern Star, where he 
served as Worthy Patron in 1961-62. Floris and Marvin later demitted to Athens 
Chapter No. 268, where Floris served as Worthy Matron in 1968-69, Marvin 
served as Worthy Patron in 1964-65. Brother Oldham was a Charter member of 
Athens Shrine Club No. 1 and was appointed by not less than seven Potentates 
as an Ambassador for Yaarab Shrine Temple.
   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Bernstein Funeral 
Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Palmer and the Rev. Mike Marsingill 
officiating. Burial will follow in Oconee Hill Cemetery.
   Survivors include a daughter, Rosalyn O. Holl, Athens; a son and daughter-
in-law, Edwin H. and Nancy Oldham, Athens; five brothers, Floyd Oldham, Donald 
Oldham, Charles Oldham, Elder Oldham, Chester Oldham; five sisters, Ruth 
Morgan, Frances Tyler, Elsie Ballard, JoAnne Heines, Evie Hart; six 
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
   Pallbearers will be Patrick Holl, Earl Harris, Joe Clark, Gene Oldham, 
Allen Wes Oldham and Jay Holl. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Masons 
Mt. Vernon Lodge and Eastern Star.
   The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at 
Bernstein Funeral Home. See www.legacy.com.
   


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clarke/obits/o/oldham11433ob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 3.3 Kb