Mary C. Oliver Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mary C. Oliver, last surviving child of Clifford Attaway Chandler and Lonah Webb Chandler, died May 16, 2010, in Gainesville, Georgia, after a long period of declining health. She was 96 years old.Until her health required her to move, she was a long-time resident of Commerce, Georgia, and a life-long member of First Baptist Church there. She loved her God, her family and friends, and her community, serving them all unselfishly.An avid reader, needleworker, and quilter, loss of vision in her 80’s was a difficult adjustment, but one she made with good cheer.In her professional life, she was a career office employee at Harmony Grove Mills.After raising two boys on her own, she then turned her attention to her community. She was a charter member of Commerce Pilot Club and was a community volunteer, visiting nursing home patients until she herself was well into her 80’s. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her six sisters, Mae Nesbit, Thelma Freeman, Estelle Moore, Rebecca Chandler, Alma Dunahoo, and Agnes Chandler.She is survived by son and daughter-in-law Sam and Jane Oliver of Gainesville and son and daughter-in-law Bob and Jean Oliver of Braselton. She is also survived by six grandchildren and spouses, Eric and Jammie Oliver, Susan and Scott Brown, and David Oliver and Shauna DeLong, all of Gainesville, and by Kelly and David Williams, of Atlanta, Cliff and Brandi Oliver, of Braselton, and Neil and Amanda Oliver, of Hoschton. She also has twelve great-grandchildren, the youngest of whom was born on May 13 just prior to her death. All of them called her Grand Mary, and all of them considered her just that.A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 22, at 2:00pm in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home in Commerce with Dr. Carlton Allen officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 until 2:00. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to First Baptist Church of Commerce, the Pilot Club of Commerce, or your favorite charity.\r\n