Oscar Pemberton GILL
- Born: 6 Sep 1896, Raleigh Co., WV 24,55,678
- Marriage: Ola Lue "Olie" JONES on 15 Oct 1919 in Spring Dale, Fayette Co., WV 675
- Died: 24 Jun 1974, Lanark, Raleigh Co., WV at age 77 55,678
- Buried: 27 Jun 1974, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV 678
General Notes:
The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 25 Jun 1974, 2F
Deaths...And...Funerals
Oscar P. Gill
Funeral services for Oscar Pemberton Gill, 76, Lanark will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev. Joseph Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Gill ded [sic] Monday at a local hospital after a long illness.
A retired coal miner, he was a member of the United Mine Workers local 5821.
Gill died Monday at a local Church of God of Prophecy in Lanark.
Born Sept. 6, 1897 in Raleigh County, he was a son of the late Harvey and Nancy Smith Gill.
Survivors include his wife, Verlie Ann; a daughter, Mrs. Mildres Berry, Dearborn, Mich.; two sons, Cleo Jackson, Beckley, and Claude Vernard, Piney View; three stepsons, Russell and Houston Redden, both of Crab Orchard and Clayton Redden, Oak Hill; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Fannie Jefferies, Minden, Mrs. Goldie Jeffries, Oak Hill, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Mrs. June Martin, both of Lanark; a brother, Walton Gill, Stanaford; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Shirkey, Raleigh, Mrs. Elva Berry, Stanaford, and Mrs. Annie Mosley, Riverview, Fla.; 47 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Gill was preceded in death by two sons, Clayton and Clinton.
Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Wednesday after 5 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Ronnie Mills, Daniel Brock, Bobby Baker, Bill Welch, Earnest Keller Jr. and Ralph Adkins.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: miner for Greenbrier Coal Company, Between 1917 and 1918. 24
• Residence: Spring Dale, Fayette Co., WV, Between 1917 and 1918. 24
Oscar married Ola Lue "Olie" JONES, daughter of Wiley R. JONES and Nancy Ann HUNTER, on 15 Oct 1919 in Spring Dale, Fayette Co., WV.675 (Ola Lue "Olie" JONES was born on 11 May 1897 in Little Sewell Mountain, Greenbrier Co., WV,676,677 died on 20 Oct 1945 in Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV 677 and was buried on 23 Oct 1945 in Walkup Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 677.). The cause of her death was uremia.
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