Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BurialShady Grove Cemetery, 1293 County Road 4645, Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas [26350]
FlagsUS Army, World War II
FatherWalter Samuel GERRINGER “GEARNER” (1882-1964)
Mother“Lee” Leona Jemima COSTON (1885-1963)
Spouses
ChildrenDoris Juanell (Died as Child) (1934-1942)
Obituary Online notes for Olin Justice GERRINGER “GEARNER”
Olan Justice was born in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas on 16 June 1909 to Walter Samuel Gearner and Leona Jemima Lee Coston Gearner.
He married Johnnie Pearl Hollingsworth on December 31, 1933 in Wood County. They were the parents of one daughter, Doris Juanell. She died at the young age of 7 from heart failure.
He was a mechanic and served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
He died on 30 November 1979, in a Quitman hospital at the age of 70. He was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Wood County.
From the Men and Women who served in World War II from Wood County : PFC Olan J Gearner , son of Mr and Mrs WS Gearner, Winnsboro, husband of Johnnie Pearl Hollingsworth, attended Vernon High School.
Entered the army in 1942 trained at Camp Wolters. Served in Hawaii.
Awarded GC medal.
Discharged in 1945. [26350]
He married Johnnie Pearl Hollingsworth on December 31, 1933 in Wood County. They were the parents of one daughter, Doris Juanell. She died at the young age of 7 from heart failure.
He was a mechanic and served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
He died on 30 November 1979, in a Quitman hospital at the age of 70. He was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Wood County.
From the Men and Women who served in World War II from Wood County : PFC Olan J Gearner , son of Mr and Mrs WS Gearner, Winnsboro, husband of Johnnie Pearl Hollingsworth, attended Vernon High School.
Entered the army in 1942 trained at Camp Wolters. Served in Hawaii.
Awarded GC medal.
Discharged in 1945. [26350]