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 1st 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.