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- Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012
Name: Charles Oliver Fines
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1920
Age at Death: 90
Death Date: 2 Jun 2010
Burial Place: Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Charles Oliver Fines
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1920
Death Date: 2 Jun 2010
Death Place: Fredericksburg City, Virginia, United States of America
Cemetery: Quantico National Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: William Welford Fines
Mother: Cora Mae Fines
Spouse: Doris Thelma Fines
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59632449/charles-oliver-fines
Charles Oliver Fines
Birth 10 Apr 1920
Death 2 Jun 2010 (aged 90)
Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Quantico National Cemetery
Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Plot Section 21 Site 422
Memorial ID 59632449
THE FREE LANCE STAR
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Charles Oliver Fines, 90, of Stafford County died Wednesday June 2, 2010, at Mary Washington Hospital.
Oliver was born April 10, 1920, to William Welford and Cora Mae Rose Fines of Chatham. He loved baseball and was on the White Oak semipro junior baseball team in the late 1930s.
He graduated from Falmouth High School on June 6, 1941. Oliver married Doris Thelma Kain of Leeland on Sept. 4, 1942.
On Nov. 16, 1942, he was inducted into the Army. He was stationed at Camp Lee from 1942 until 1944. In December of 1944, he was transferred to an artillery battalion in Europe. He was honorably discharged at Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 2, 1946.
Oliver retired from the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad after 18 years. He worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington from late 1959 until his retirement in August of 1980. He was a past commander of American Legion Post 290.
Oliver, a widower, is survived by four sons, Danny and his wife, Jeanne, of Stafford, Freddy of Stafford, Sammy and his wife, Sarah, of Nashville, Tenn., and Kenny and his wife, Charlene, of Spotsylvania County; one daughter, Nancy Killian of Stafford; and a sister, Francis Welty of Stafford.
He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Tracy Sullivan and her husband, Todd, of Stafford, Jamey Killian of Stafford, David Fines and his wife, Amber, of Pennsylvania, Kimberly Fines of Stafford, Ashley Fines of South Carolina, Laurie Fines of Stafford, Ryan Fines of Spotsylvania and Michael Fines of Spotsylvania; and 15 great-grandchildren, Tannor and Tucker Sullivan, step-great-granddaughter Taylor Sullivan, Hayley Killian, Kiera Baker, Kaleigh and Ethan Fines, Abriana, Raelyn and Shayleah Fines, Alyssa, Kendrick, Kameron and Kaleb Fines, and Mackenzie Fines.
A grandson, Christopher Fines, preceded him in death.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, in Quantico National Cemetery, with the Rev. M. Paul Curry officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 7, with an American Legion service at 7:30, at Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.
Obituary provided by Deborah Stevens Williams
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