Elder Hugh Oliver

January 9, 1938 — January 9, 2011

Obituary

Elder Hugh Oliver age 73 passed away Sunday,

January 9, 2011 at Tattnall Health Care Center in

Reidsville. The Cobbtown native had lived in Collins

most of his life and was a US Navy Veteran serving

on the USS Wasp. He was the owner of Oliver Little

Builders and worked with the “Oliver Brothers.” Elder

Oliver was an Old Line Primitive Baptist Preacher

serving many Churches in the local area with his last

appointment at Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church in

Collins. He loved to read and tend to his garden and was

preceded in death by his parents, Ivey and Dorothy Oliver;

sons, Brian and Matthew Justin Oliver; brothers, Calvin

and Wallace Oliver.

He is survived by h is wife of 52yrs, Mrs. Jean Oliver of Collins.

Daughters and son in law, Ida Sue and Carlos Barrow, Jr. of

Claxton, Misena Anne Womble of Hagan. Brothers, Wendell and

Kenneth Oliver both of Collins. Sisters, Patsy Driggers of Collins,

Marlene Sanders of Cobbtown, Linda Mae Hodges of Daisy

Mountain, TN. Three grandchildren, Stephen Elisha Barrow, Hannah

Elissa Barrow and Sarah Elizabeth Womble. Numerous nieces and

nephews also survive.

Visitation and Funeral Services

Visitation will begin at 6:00pm on Tuesday from the Reidsville Chapel.

Funeral services will be conducted 11:00am Wednesday, January 12,

2011 from the Reidsville Chapel of Bradley B. Anderson Funeral Home

with the Reverend Marty Walker officiating and Elder Dan Strickland will

share thoughts of remembrances. Interment will follow in the Little Flock

Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with honors rendered by the US Navy.

Pallbearers will be Glenn Walsh, Derek Barrow, John Womble, Houston

Hodges and Marty Oliver and Stephen Barrow.

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