Janice Harrell Oliver, of Arlington, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 26, at Parkview Baptist Church with ministers, Bill Townsley, Walter Sanders, Steve Adams, and Rick Fowlkes officiating. Visitation will be Monday, March 25, from 6 to 8 pm at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend in Waco. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online Guest Book at www.LakeShoreFuneralHome.com.
Janice was born February 17, 1936 in Rockwall County to Aubrey and Grace Harrell. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her life was filled with memorable moments with family and countless friends. Janice’s ministry with the Calvary Singers spanned over forty-four years.
She is preceded in death by her parents and a sister.
Survivors include her husband of almost fifty years, Jerry Oliver of Arlington; son, Rick Fowlkes and wife, Dana of the Woodlands, daughters, Brenda Townsley and husband, Bill of Little Elm, and Tiwanna Adams and husband, Steve, of Waco; grandchildren, Ashley Fowlkes, Heather Headley and husband, Brad, Stacey Brady and husband, Matt, Bill Townsley and wife, Amy, Tyler Adams and fiancée, Eidel, and Zac Adams; and eight great-grandchildren.
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Bro. Jerry:
I am so sorry that we are unable to attend the memorial service for Ms. Janice.
Words are not adequate to express the blessings she and the Calvary Singers have shared in our lives over the past 40 years.
There will certainly not be another like her and the Calvary Singers in our life time.
Janice will certainly be a member of the heavenly choir of 10,000 x 10,000.
We love you for your ministry of love, uncompromising stand,and faithfulness to preach Christ. Oh, what a savior. Great is thy faithfulness….
Ben and Marieta
I am thinking of you all and remembering our times together.
During this holiday season, I know that Janice would be very active in preparing the Thanksgiving meal and looking forward to Christmas. I miss her. Laughter and generosity were two very evident features of Granny. I know also that Jerry wishes that she could be here but realizes that one day he will be reunited with her in Heaven. I praise the Lord for my mother-in-law, Janice.
We were so saddened by the news of your precious wife and mother’s passing. Know that you are all in our thoughts and prayers. So many wonderful memories!! To think she is now walking the streets of gold with our precious Lord! Wish I could hear her singing with the heavenly choir. It won’t be long and we’ll soon be there, also. Can’t wait. We love you!
Jerry & Family – our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time
James & Lynn and Hickory Hill Baptist Church
You are all in my thoughts and prayers. Janice was one of my dearest friends. I loved her very much
Some of my most memorable moments are when her family would come to the farm and we would dig in the dirt in the backyard because we lived in the sandy land and she lived in the black land. I’ll miss you…
Tiwanna and Family – I am so sorry to hear of your loss – there are no words to describe this loss but know that you guys are in our thoughts ad prayers…
I will be praying for you all during this most difficult time. Remember that the Lord is with you when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I am so glad that I got to meet you all so many years ago at Milldale Baptist Church. I will truly miss Miss Janice so much. Remember that it is not good bye but I wll see you later.
Our prayers are with you.
Dear Bro. Oliver and Family:
We are praying for you all,
We Love you and thank you all for your love and service
to the Lords work.
We are all blessed to have been touched by your great singing and shareing in the Lords work all these many years….
Love in Christ
Pastor Ellis J. Villarreal
Milton Ave. Baptist
Brownwood Texas
You will truly be missed but God must have need one more Singer in his choir.
All my prayers are with the family.
Our prayers are with you at this very difficult time.
We love you very much
Remembering with love a great woman, wife, mother, grandmother and friend with love. Our loving prayers are with you Jerry and family.
To some dear friends my heart is heavy and what a blessing. U have gave us love u all so much my prays are with u all
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Really missing my mom today! Would really like to pick the phone up and talk to her. Sometimes when she would call I would think I was to busy to talk but now I only wish I could get her afternoon call, just wanting to know how I was doing! Mom loved her family and would have done anything to help. She was truly the most unselfish person I know and I love and miss her!!
So sorry for your loss. I remember your Family coming to our church Calvary Hill Baptist Church on LaPrada in Mesquite, TX. when I was a young child. My parents bought several of your Record albums.
it is with sadness that i find this…but, at the same time, it is with the full assurance that there IS gonna be a great day coming!! (The Calvary Singers have been much on my mind these past few days, though i was not sure why… i searched today) i remember Bro. Jerry & Ms. Janice from their journeys thru FBC down in Combes, TX back in the early- to middle-’90s; Bro. Tom Ritchey was our pastor at the time… such sweet folks…such a sweet lady Ms. Janice was! they touched our hearts, my family’s & mine, with their ministry — teamed up with Bro. Sonny Holland at that time on “The Glory Road Run”! — and we were even blessed to get to host a ‘revival team dinner’ (we ate ALOT of fajitas that night! ) for them in our home! i’ll never forget….. i offer my condolences to the family…and, to Bro. Jerry, i just want to say thank you… keep that scarf a-wavin’ and i’ll see y’all again when we make it home!