NORMAN — Clayton Burrell Oliver, 85, of Norman, formerly of Ada, died Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Norman Veterans Center. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Ada, with the Rev. James Robinson officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home of Ada. He was born Oct. 7, 1925, near Ada, to Clinton Burrell and Pearl Smith Oliver. He attended Glenwood elementary and graduated from Ada High School. He attended Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. He was married to Mary Katherine Jobe Oliver and they had three children. He later married Tommie Myton Lewis on May 12, 1972. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II at the age of 16 and served during most of the war on the USS Independence. He was also stationed on the USS Tracy, the USS White Plains and the USS Casablanca. He was a retired banker, having begun his career at the Fourth National Bank of Tulsa in the early 1950s. He also served at banks in Siloam Springs, Ark., Shawnee and McAlester. He received his college degree with the School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and also served as a federal bank examiner for a number of years. He was active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks (Lodge 657), where he served as Exalted Ruler and District Deputy. He also served as president of several Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs in Shawnee and McAlester. Survivors include his wife, Tommie Oliver, of the home; two sons, Jerry Clinton Oliver, of Temple and Stanford B. Oliver, of Dallas; a stepdaughter, Martha Lewis, of Norman; a stepson, Sam Lewis, of Little Rock, Ark.; a brother, Clinton Oliver, of Ada; three sisters, Wanda Murphy, of Enid, Virginia Tyree, of Okmulgee, and Phyllis Birchfield, of Houston; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Charles Burrell Oliver, and previous wife Mary Katherine Oliver, both of Oklahoma City.
(McAlester News Capital)