Footprints  

One night a man had a dream. In it he was walking along a beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the final scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back, at the footprints in the sand. He noticed many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints, and realized that they came at the hardest and saddest times of his life. Bothered about this, he questioned the Lord saying, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,  You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most burdensome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you the most You would leave me. "The Lord replied, "My dear child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that "I carried you."
                                             Author Unknown

    William T. Oliver, 94, of Mexico, died at 4:35 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Rick Smith officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. There will be a Masonic service at 1:45 p.m. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mr. Oliver was born on July 20, 1910, in Mexico, the son of Perlie and Mary Viola Mitchell Oliver. He was a graduate of Mexico High School. On Sept. 12, 1937, in Bowling Green, he married Myrleen P. McIntyre, who died on May 25, 1995.

Mr. Oliver was a veteran of the US Navy and served during World War II as a Butcher Specialist 1^st Class. In civilian life he was a self-employed meat cutter. He attended the First Baptist Church in Mexico and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Crusade Commandry, Centralia Council #24, Moolah Temple, Eastern Star and the Royal Arch Masons.

Survivors include two nieces, Helen Embree, Clark, and Joyse Forbis, Windsor; and several cousins including Betty Weaver, Paris; June Morgan, Madison; Kathleen Thompson, Jefferson City; and Jack Mitchell, Vandalia.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church in Mexico.

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