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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Oliver 'Butch' Goldsmith November 24, 1911 - May 9, 2005
Monday, October 1, 2018
Oliver 'Butch' Goldsmith November 24, 1911 - May 9, 2005
Oliver "Butch" Goldsmith, 93, of Salem, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2005, at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.
The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at Salem Congregational Church. Burial with full military rites by Henry County Honor Guard will be in Salem South Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 13 at Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established to Salem Congregational Church.
He loved gardening, motorcycle riding, trapping, hunting and fishing. Survivors include two children, Loren Watson and Martha Watson Pratt, both of Salem; four grandchildren, six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Beulah, two sisters and brother.