(1946)....OLIVER C. McNIEL CLAIMED BY DEATH
"Oliver Cleveland McNiel (sp) died at the family
residence Jan. 26, 1946, folowing a long illness. Mr. McNiel was
born in Angelina County July 15, 1860, and had been a resident of Polk
County for the past 13 years, moving to Livingston in 1943. He was a member
of the Church of Christ. He was married in Nacogdoches in 1880 to
Miss Julia Ann Clinton.
Services were held in the chapel of the Pace Funeral
Home at 1 p.m., Sunday afternoon with the Rev. James V. Curlee, minister
of the Church of Christ at Cleveland, officiating.
Serving as pallbearers were Elmer McNiel, Johnnie
McNiel, Edward McNiel, Luther Alford, A. J. Hutchinson and Glen Busby.
Interment was in the Peebles Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. McNiel are his wife, Mrs. Julia Ann
McNiel; two sons, Jake and Vernon McNiel all of Livingston; and a
foster son, Jack Runnells of Nederland; 25 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
He has four grandsons who were unable to attend the last rites because
of being in service overseas."
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