Obie is buried at Felts Memorial Cemetery in the City of Galax, VA.
Information on Find A Grave page states that Obie filed a draft registration card for WWI on 11 SEP 1918 in Washington County, VA. At that time he was residing in Draper in Pulaski County and worked as an operator for the Northern & Western Railroad in Roanoke, VA.
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