CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Hooker Oliver
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Obituary appeared in a January 1968 issue of the Elizabethton Star
 
Hooker Oliver, age 81, of Route 1, Hampton died at the residence unexpectedly
Monday.  He was a native of Carter County and a retired carpenter, and
formerly worked at the Lakeshore Boat Dock.  Mr. Oliver was preceded in death
by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Morley Oliver, September 1963.  Survivors include
seven sons, Ray, Jess, Fate, and Edward Oliver, all of Hampton; Howard Oliver
of Burgie Street, Elizabethton; Roy Oliver of Mountain City, and James T.
Oliver of Greenville, S.C.; two daughers, Mrs. Ina Shoun of Route 7,
Elizabethton, and Mrs. Myrta Mendenhall of Kingsport; a brother, George Oliver
of Route 2, Hampton; 28 grandchildren and six great grandchildren also
survive.  Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.  Funeral
services for Hooker Oliver will be held 2:30 pm Wednesday from the Union
Baptist Church, Officiating will be Rev. Warren Montgomery.  Music by the
Church Choir.  The body will be taken to the home of a son, Ed Oliver, Route
2, Hampton, at 3 pm Tuesday and will be removed to the church at noon
Wednesday to await the service hour.  Active pallbearers will be Henry Potter,
Sam Oliver, Mort Campbell and Larry Hinkle.  Flower bearers will be friends.
Interment will be at Morton Cemetery.  Tetrick Funeral Home in charge of
funeral arrangements.

(Hooker A. Oliver was the son of William I. (Bob) Oliver 1850-1924 and Nancy
A. Jolly 1856-1918.)

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