Ola Ernest "Oley" Smith was born 4 Feb 1894 at Abraham, Raleigh County, W.Va., a son of George Washington Smith Jr. and wife Emily Alice Vandall.

Oley and Nellie Kincaid were married in 1919. (West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11495817)

He died 7 Nov 1974 in a local hospital after a long illness.

At the time of his death, Mr. Smith was a resident of Danese, W.Va. He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway conductor, a member of the New Salem Baptist Church, Abraham, and a member of Laurel Masonic Lodge No. 104.

Among his survivors were his wife Nellie Kincaid Smith, two sons and four daughters.

(Source: Ola Smith's Funeral Set, 9 Nov 1974, Page 11, and Ola E. Smith, Page 3, Post-Herald/Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., combined weekend edition.)

Ola Ernest "Oley" Smith was born 4 Feb 1894 at Abraham, Raleigh County, W.Va., a son of George Washington Smith Jr. and wife Emily Alice Vandall.

Oley and Nellie Kincaid were married in 1919. (West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11495817)

He died 7 Nov 1974 in a local hospital after a long illness.

At the time of his death, Mr. Smith was a resident of Danese, W.Va. He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway conductor, a member of the New Salem Baptist Church, Abraham, and a member of Laurel Masonic Lodge No. 104.

Among his survivors were his wife Nellie Kincaid Smith, two sons and four daughters.

(Source: Ola Smith's Funeral Set, 9 Nov 1974, Page 11, and Ola E. Smith, Page 3, Post-Herald/Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., combined weekend edition.)