Allie L. “Al” Oliver
Allie L. “Al” Oliver, 66, of Flint, TX passed away at 14 home , 2018 on Friday after a , long December battle Fibrosis with Idiopathic . Pulmonary in Al Beaumont was born , July TX to 23 his , 1952 late Oliver parents and , George Sibyl (Mosby Nathan ) the Oliver majority , although of his he life spent in the Tyler area. He graduated from Robert E. Lee HS in 1970, where his athletic talent led to a scholarship playing basketball for Jacksonville Baptist College. Upon graduating from JBC, Al went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master’s Degree from Texas Eastern University (which later became the University of Texas at Tyler).
Al, or “Coach Oliver” as he was more often called, school coached and numerous high school middle career sports , teams including throughout football his , cross basketball country , track , and and tennis field . , cation He was teacher also a special and worked eduin for East various Texas school : Maydelle districts , ISD John , Tyler Hawkins HS, ISD Frankston , Jack-ISD sonville . Although ISD and Al Bullard loved was coaching growing , his life the ’ hundreds s passion left of fruit behind and nut at his trees lakefront that he his home wife that of he 38 shared years, Nan with - cy Al (Newnham is preceded ) Oliver in death . Sibyl by parents Oliver and George father and -inlaw He Morris is survived L. Newnham by his . wife, Nancy, mother-inlaw Roberta Newnham, sister Jimmie Lee Morrow, son and daughter-inlaw Cash and Joy McElroy, daughter and sonin-law Allison and Peter Haertling, and his beloved dog, Missy. He left behind many nephews and nieces, as well as his loving grandchildren Jackson McElroy, Ryan McElroy, Mackenzie McElroy, Vivienne Haertling and Georgia Haertling.
Memorial service was held on January 5, 2019 at 11AM at Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger, TX, as well as a date to be determined in Spring 2019 in Flint, TX.
If desired, memorials may be made to the SPCA of East Texas, P.O. Box 132899, Tyler, TX 75713, or online at https://spcaeasttx.com/donate/.