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Dr Albert Grady Oliver

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Birth	:	7 Jun 1920 Franklin County, Georgia, USA
Death	:	17 Oct 2006 Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.1162700, -82.4629100
Description	:	He was the eldest son of the late Charlie Lake Oliver and the late Rilla Crawford Oliver. He was a faithful and loving husband for sixty-three years to Anne Ellenberg Oliver of Ninety-Six, SC. To his children he was a devoted father, and to his grand children and great-grand children a beloved Papa. Dr. Oliver graduated from Emmanuel Junior College in 1938 and Piedmont College in 1940. After graduation from college he taught school in Franklin County. During WW II, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp where he trained as a navigator on a B-25 Mitchell bomber. He served... Read More	He was the eldest son of the late Charlie Lake Oliver and the late Rilla Crawford Oliver. He was a faithful and loving husband for sixty-three years to Anne Ellenberg Oliver of Ninety-Six, SC. To his children he was a devoted father, and to his grand children and great-grand children a beloved Papa. Dr. Oliver graduated from Emmanuel Junior College in 1938 and Piedmont College in 1940. After graduation from college he taught school in Franklin County. During WW II, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp where he trained as a navigator on a B-25 Mitchell bomber. He served in the Pacific Theater and flew 68 combat missions. On November 2, 1943 during the Raid on Rabaul his plane was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. For those injuries he received the Purple Heart. After his discharge from service, Dr. Oliver pursued a medical degree and graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1951. After an internship at the Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta, GA, he began his private practice as a Family Practitioner in Abbeville in 1952. Dr. Oliver loved his community and his church, and served both for many years, even after his retirement from private practice in June 1988. He was a charter member of the American Academy of Family Practice, a member of the Christian Medical Society, and the Audubon Society. A member of the Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church, he served as a deacon for forty-five years. For thirty-three years he served on the Education Board for Emmanuel College. In 1989 he was recognized by the city of Abbeville for outstanding service to the community. This year he received a pin for membership in the Lions Club for fifty years. Was predeceased by two brothers, Harold Oliver and CB Oliver; and three sisters, Jean Lindsay, Gladys Horton, and Sarah Royston.

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Dr Albert Grady Oliver's memorial is located at: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA.
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Dr Albert Grady Oliver death on 17 Oct 2006 in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 34.1162700
Longitude: -82.4629100

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Anne Elizabeth Ellenberg Oliver

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