Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameJames Henry OLIVER Jr. 
626,470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr,470, Iris Elizabeth Oliver Fields-Obituary Information,470, Helen Oliver Venable-Information,470, John William “Bill” Oliver-Obituary Information
626,470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr,470, Iris Elizabeth Oliver Fields-Obituary Information,470, Helen Oliver Venable-Information,470, John William “Bill” Oliver-Obituary InformationBirthSep 19, 1918, Guilford County, North Carolina470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr
DeathAug 1, 2004, Guilford County, North Carolina470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr
BurialRehobeth Methodist Church, 4475 Rehobeth Church Road, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr
FlagsUS Army Air Corps, World War II
FatherJames Henry OLIVER Sr. (1889-1962)
MotherElla Etta Blanche CLAPP (1898-1993)
Spouses
BirthJul 1, 1923, Oklahoma470, Gwendolyn Glee Greenwood Oliver
DeathAug 20, 1998, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Gwendolyn Glee Greenwood Oliver
BurialRehobeth Methodist Church, 4475 Rehobeth Church Road, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Gwendolyn Glee Greenwood Oliver
Obituary Online notes for James Henry OLIVER Jr.
J. H. "Jay" Oliver Jr., 85, passed away Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, at Maryfield Nursing Home.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rehobeth United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Eanes officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay was born on Sept. 19, 1918, to the late Etta and J. H. "Jim" Oliver Sr., in Guilford County. A graduate of Sumner High School, he attended North Carolina State University, where he studied agriculture and poultry science. With WW II looming, he vacated his senior year and entered the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet program, where he earned his pilot wings and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He became a flight instructor and subsequently qualified as a B-29 aircraft commander. It was at that time that he met and married his beloved Gwen, who became his soulmate for 55 years until her death. He was a lifetime resident of Guilford County, a farmer, a deputy sheriff and a lifetime member of Rehobeth United Methodist Church. He was also an active "life" member of the Sumner Civitan Club and the Guilford County Cattleman's Association.
Survivors include his children, Michael J. Oliver and his wife, Anne of Memphis, Tenn., Sheila Oliver Inman, James H. Oliver III, and his wife, Gail, Shannon H. Oliver and his wife, Cindy, all of Greensboro; sisters and brother, Iris Fields, Ada Burge, Bessie Spivey (deceased), Helen Venable, Betty Jobe, Bill Oliver, Joan Fields; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two step grandchildren. 470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rehobeth United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Eanes officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay was born on Sept. 19, 1918, to the late Etta and J. H. "Jim" Oliver Sr., in Guilford County. A graduate of Sumner High School, he attended North Carolina State University, where he studied agriculture and poultry science. With WW II looming, he vacated his senior year and entered the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet program, where he earned his pilot wings and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He became a flight instructor and subsequently qualified as a B-29 aircraft commander. It was at that time that he met and married his beloved Gwen, who became his soulmate for 55 years until her death. He was a lifetime resident of Guilford County, a farmer, a deputy sheriff and a lifetime member of Rehobeth United Methodist Church. He was also an active "life" member of the Sumner Civitan Club and the Guilford County Cattleman's Association.
Survivors include his children, Michael J. Oliver and his wife, Anne of Memphis, Tenn., Sheila Oliver Inman, James H. Oliver III, and his wife, Gail, Shannon H. Oliver and his wife, Cindy, all of Greensboro; sisters and brother, Iris Fields, Ada Burge, Bessie Spivey (deceased), Helen Venable, Betty Jobe, Bill Oliver, Joan Fields; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two step grandchildren. 470, James Henry "Jay" Oliver, Jr