Obituaries: Charles Griffin Oliver, 1945, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 1, 1945 Winn Parish Enterprise

C. G. Oliver Dies Of Heart Attack In Local Drug Store

Charles Griffin Oliver, 73, night marshal for the Town of Winnfield, dropped
dead in a local drug store Friday night, January 26, 1945, at 8:30 o'clock
while waiting for medicine.  Mr. Oliver had left his job earlier in the night
because of illness and had gone to see a physician.

A native of Lincoln Parish, Mr. Oliver was married to Miss Annabelle Andrews
in Vienna, la., in 1906 and they moved to Winnfield in 1909 where they resided
until her death about eight years ago.  Since that time Mr. Oliver has divided
his residence between Winnfield and Shreveport where his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Endom, lives.  He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First 
Baptist Church with Rev. H. H. McBride and Rev. Alwin Stokes in charge.  
Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

Pallbearers were R. W. Buce, Wiley Hammons, Bob Smith, Byron Jackson, Alfred
Walker, W. U. Drewett, and W. H. Baker.

Mr. Oliver is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Henry Endom, and one
granddaughter, Jeri Endom, 8 years, of Shreveport; three sisters, Mrs. J. W.
Willard, Monroe, La., Mrs. Mollie Autrey Bennett, Dubach, La., and Mrs. H.
H. Bittick, Baton Rouge, La.; two brothers, M. W. Oliver of Bloomburg, Texas
and L. B. Oliver of Shreveport.