Thelma Rose Silvey, age 81, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 10, at her home.

Mrs. Silvey was born Aug. 8, 1932 in Harlan, Ky. She has lived in Oliver Springs since early childhood.

She was a homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was a member of the Indian Creek Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Cleo Lively and Jesse Butler Lively; by her husband, Meredith Silvey; by a daughter, Barbara Duncan; by a brother, William Lively; and by sisters, Ruth Lively, Gladys Russell and Betty Braden. [Read more…]