Extracted from The Rankin County News (Brandon, MS)
Thursday, April 25, 1968

Oliver L. Walley

Funeral services for Oliver L. Walley, 50, of Rt. 1, Florence, Miss. were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Richland Baptist Church, with Rev. J.L. Reeves officiating. Interment was made in Plain Cemetery with Masonic Rites at graveside.

Mr. Walley died Monday in the Baptist Hospital following a brief illness. He was a native of Smith County but had been a resident of Florence for the past twenty years.

Mr. Walley was a foreman for Contract Battery Co., belonged to Richland Baptist Church and was a Mason.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Grace Walley; one son, O.V. Walley; three daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Dean Steward, Jackson, Mrs. Ernestine Smith Pineville, and Mrs. Velda Rhea Newsom, Montrose; three brothers, Frank Walley, Sylverena, Tom Walley and Allen Walley both of Jackson; four sisters, Mrs. Melvin Alexander, Bay Springs, Mrs. Olie [sic Obie] Rayner, Magee, Mrs. Estelle Dolan, Morton, Mrs. Cleveland Montgomery, Pineville; and nine grandchildren.
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Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Thursday, April 25, 1968

Oliver L. Walley

Funeral services for Oliver L. Walley, 50, of Rt. 1, Florence, were conducted Wednesday from Richland Baptist Church, with Rev. J. L. Reeves officiating. Interment was in Plain cemetery with Masonic [rites] graveside.

Walley died Monday in the Baptist Hospital following a brief illness. He was a native of Smith County and a resident of Florence for the past twenty years.

Walley was a foreman for Contract Battery Co., and belonged to Richland Baptist Church. He was a Mason.

He is survived by one son, O. V. Walley, three daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Dean Steward, Jackson, Mrs. Ernestine Smith, Pineville, Mrs. Velda Rhea Newson, Montrose, his wife Mrs. Myrtle Grace Walley, three brothers, Frank Walley, Sylvarena, Tom Walley, and Allen Walley both of Jackson, four sisters, Mrs. Melvin Alexander, Bay Springs, Mrs. Olie Rayner, Magee, Mrs. Estelle Dolan, Morton, Mrs. Cleveland McGromentery [sic Montgomery], Pineville, nine grandchildren.