Wolfe County News, Sept. 26, 1956 OLIVER ASBURY, OCTOGENARIAN, DIES IN WOLFE Oliver Tutt Asbury, born June 3, 1868 in Wolfe County died September 20 at the age of 88 years; one of the county's oldest citizens. He was the oldest member (in years) of the Campton Baptist Church. Since the death of his daughter, Mrs. Corda Peery, eight years ago, Mr. Asbury had made his home with his granddaughter, Miss Maude Mae Peery, in Campton. He is survived by one son, James Porter Peery, Dayton, O.; two daughters; Mrs. Maude Smith, Campton; and Mrs. Bessie Young, St. Albans, W. VA; Eleven grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, September 23 at the Campton Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. J. Edward Cunningham and Rev. Sewell Woodward officiating. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery in charge of Hearne Funeral Home. Carole Note: Per Nancy Asbury's obit, James Porter was a son and should read James Porter Asbury.