Mrs. Olive Drew Large Crowd Sunday, Will Speak in Selma, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1923

Large Crowd Hears Mrs. Olive

Mrs. Willis Lourell Olive, woman evangelist of Alabama, held two services at the court house here Sunday, one at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and the other at night. A large crowd was present to hear her. All the seats were taken and many of the hearers had to stand.

Mrs. Olive preached a sermon on “Divine Healing.” It is said that on different occasions where she has preached, the lame have been made to walk, the blind to see, and the deaf to hear.

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Woman Evangelist at Live Oak Baptist Church

Mrs. Willis Lourel Olive, Woman evangelist, from Alabama, who has been conducting a revival in Wilson, where the lame have been made to walk, the blind to see and the deaf to hear, is to be in Live Oak Baptist church, Selma, Route 1, Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. Bring the sick and afflicted to be prayed for.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1923. Mrs. Olive’s middle name was spelled Lourel in one story and Lourell in the other.