Hugh Olson Jr.

1927 - 2011

Hugh Olson Jr. obituary, 1927-2011

BORN

1927

DIED

2011

FUNERAL HOME

East Funeral Home

602 Olive Street

Texarkana, Texas

Hugh Olson Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 19, 2011.

Hugh Olson, Jr., 84, of Texarkana, TX passed way December 19, 2011 in a local hospital. Mr. Olson was born October 26, 1927 in Meridian, TX. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and a member of Cement Mason Local 25 of California.

Survivors include his sons and daughter-in-laws, Danny Ray Olson of Texarkana, TX, Hugh and Margaret Olson, III of Scotts Valley, CA, Sidney Lee and Zonnie Mangum of Texarkana, AR and James Larry Mangum of West Virginia; daughters, Vickie Ladell Stewart of Texarkana, AR and Sheri Darlene Sullivan of Genoa, AR; brother, Thomas Olson of Rosebud, TX; a number of grandchildren; great grandchildren; great great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, December 22, 2011 at East Memorial Chapel - Downtown with Rev. Kenny Polk officiating. Burial will be in East Memorial Gardens under the direction of East Funeral Home - Downtown.

The family will be at 110 Melton St., Texarkana, TX. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at the funeral home.

Online tributes may be made at www.eastfuneralhomes.com.

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December 21, 2011

Teressa Mangum-Keith

We will miss you, Grandpa Olson. I will never forget the times spent with you at your house in Boulder Creek, California.

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