Gaston-Rutherford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Richmond, Oliver Watson January 25, 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Arley Meadows ameadows@dol.net May 21, 2006, 7:08 pm Gastonia Gazette, January 28, 1974 Obituary: Taken from the Gastonia Gazette, Monday, January 28, 1974: OLIVER WATSON RICHMOND Bessemer City - Oliver Watson Richmond, 98, of 615 E. Louisiana Ave. died at 6:30 p.m. Friday in a Rutherfordton nursing home. He was a native of West Virginia and a retired farmer. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Leonard Carpenter, Bessemer City, Mrs. Charles Carrier of Hammond, Ind. and Miss Joline Richmond, Charleston, West Va.; one son , Thomas Richmond of Batobia, Ill.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Sisk Funeral Home in Bessemer City, with the Rev. Dennis Elder officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Additional Comments: The son Thomas Richmond was living in Batavia, Illinois, not Batobia as listed in the obit. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gaston/obits/r/richmond208gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb