Billy Ray Oliver

Goldsboro – Mr. Billy Ray Oliver, 69, of 365-C Oakland Church Road, died Thursday evening at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

A native of Wayne County, he was the son of the late Robert Oliver and Zettie Vaughan Oliver and was a retired rural mail carrier with the United States Postal Service. An avid fisherman, he was also a farmer in the Oakland Community. Mr. Oliver was a member of Oakland Friends Church and a charter member of the Oakland Fire Department. He had served as Master for Oakland Grange and worked at its booth at the Wayne County Fairgrounds for over 25 years. He was also treasurer of the Wayne County Pomona Grange. Mr. Oliver served his country in the United States Army.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Oakland Friends Meeting Church with Rex Evans, Curtis White and Cecil Bryant officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife, Tillie Tart Oliver; his son, Billy Ray Oliver II and his wife, Robbin of Goldsboro; his daughters, Lisa Ingram and husband, Jeff of Goldsboro and Amy Smith and husband, Ricky of Panama City, FL; his grandchildren, Brandon Ray Oliver, Anna Elisabeth Ingram and Andrew Oliver Ingram; and his mother-in-law, Minnie Mae Tart of Goldsboro.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Ollie Gray Oliver Evans.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Oakland Friends Church, 921 Oakland Church Road, Princeton, NC 27569.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at his residence