Oliver Hypes Spinks Sr.

White Sulphur Springs, WV – Oliver Hypes Spinks Sr., 85 of White Sulphur Springs passed away Friday, January 25, 2019 at his home in White Sulphur Springs after a long illness. Born on May 24, 1933 in Alvon, WV to the late Lonie and Vernard Spinks. Oliver retired from the United Mine Workers and the United Steel Workers Union after 30 years of dedicated service. Oliver served his country as a Corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and he served his family as a loving husband and as a trusting and respected father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his wife Violet Marie Spinks a daughter Kathy Dillion and brothers Jimmy Spinks, Marvin Spinks and his sister Wanda Scott all of White Sulphur Springs. Survivors include his daughters, Glenna (Cookie) and her husband Richard (Dick) Wiant, Sandy and her husband Gary Holsten, Dessie McClung, Margaret Dolin and his sons, Oliver Jr. (Buck) and wife Bonnie Spinks and Danny and his wife Kelly Spinks all of White Sulphur Springs, Chris and his wife Midori Spinks of Minneapolis, MN. Also surviving are his sisters, Etta Ayers and Sharon Dudley both of White Sulphur Springs and Barbara Smith of Covington, Va. Oliver had sixteen grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be grandsons Richard Wiant Jr., Gary McClung, Kevin McClung, Jordan Spinks, Wesley Spinks, Bradley Spinks and Nathan Weese. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Monday, January 28, 2019 at the Pentecostal Holiness Church, 20 Ingleside Ave, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986. Burial will follow in the Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg, WV. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until time of service, Monday at the church. Online guestbook can be signed at www.morganfh.net. Arrangements by Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg, WV.