George Oliphant, age 91, went to be with his Savior Jesus Christ on Monday morning, May 12.

He was born in Riceville, Tenn., to Leona and J.R. Oliphant and was the second of four children.

He graduated from McMinn County High School, in Athens, Tenn., Class of 1941. George attended Tennessee Wesleyan Jr. College, where he played basketball and was class president. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, where he became an airplane pilot.

After the war’s end, he attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, earning his degree in electrical engineering in 1948. He was also senior class president and a Torchbearer. [Read more…]