Oliver Kindig-Stokes: b. 1993, d. 2015

Oliver Kindig-Stokes (b. 1993, d. 2015) was a young Pennsylvania singer for whom the Oliver Kindig-Stokes Memorial Singing, in York, Pennsylvania, is named.

There is also a Camp Fasola scholarship in his name.

From his obituary: “[Oliver] was a member of the Board of the Oley Valley Heritage Association and an enthusiastic student of and advocate for the preservation of 18th- and 19th-century rural architecture of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Oliver was helping to restore and operate a family farm, where he resided, as well as researching and documenting bake ovens of the Oley Valley. “He was a leader in the Sacred Harp singing community, both locally and in other regions.”

Special mentions at singings

• 2016: John Newton Merritt Memorial Singing Convention
• 2015: Georgia State Convention

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