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Submitted: 4/16/12 • Approved: 7/18/16 • Last Updated: 7/21/16 • R677906-G677906-S3
February 23, 1916-March 17, 1996
*Obituary
Melbourne Times
Oleva Walker Peebles, 80, of Sacramento, CA, died Sunday, March 17, 1996 at Manor Care in Citrus Heights, California.
She was born February 23, 1916, in Sweetwater, Texas, a daughter of the late Fred Garland and Grace Palastine McMurtrey Walker. Mrs. Peebles was raised near Brockwell. She had been a California resident since 1935. She was united in marriage to Dr. Howard Peebles on October 2, 1950, in California. He preceded her in death, January 20, 1995. She was a former nurse, a homemaker, and a member of the Roseville Church of Christ in Roseville, Calif.
Survivors include two nephews that she raised, Bill Felver of Sacramento, Calif., and Tom Felver of Burton, S.C.; a niece that she raised, Margaret Wallis of Ukiah, Calif.; a brother, Osburn Walker of Brockwell; a sister, Eutha Burfield of Moline, Ill.; and eight other nephews and nieces.
Mrs. Peebles was preceded in death by her step-mother, Oma Jane Gray Walker; three brothers, Verl Walker, Basil Walker and Noil Walker; a sister, Virgie Felver; a nephew and a great-niece.
Funeral services were 2 p.m., Saturday, March 23, 1996, at Crouch Chapel in Melbourne with Bro. Chuck Crow officiating. Burial was in Melbourne Cemetery with Crouch Funeral Home of Melbourne in charge of arrangements.
Contributed on 4/16/12 by ch63
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