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Andrew Cecil Oliver III

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Andrew Cecil Oliver III, 66, died Friday, September 15, 2017. Drew graduated from Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, and received a degree in business from Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. In 1981, he earned a masters degree in Agronomy from the University of Arkansas. Drew was a farmer in Proctor, Arkansas for 34 years, during which time he served on the Arkansas Promotion Board, the Mid-South Soybean Board and the Southwest Soybean Board. He also a former President of Crittenden County Farm Bureau. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in West Memphis, Arkansas as well. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Cecil Oliver, Jr. and Nancy Little Oliver; step-mother, Becky West Oliver; and sister, Nancy Levesque Oliver. He is survived by wife, Pam Kornegay Oliver; daughter Nancy Chandler Oliver; two sons, John Kelly Oliver, Andrew Freeman Oliver and daughter-in-law Brooke Alexandra Oliver; and one aunt, Eleanora Figg Mejlaender. A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, September 22. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m., at The Barn at the Sweptson-Jones House, 5733 North Main, Crawfordsville, Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Arkansas Soybean Association, 1501 N. Pierce, Suite 100, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 or First United Methodist Church-Faith Roots Community Garden, 215 N. Missouri St., West Memphis, Arkansas 72301. Online guestbook at: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

Published September 20, 2017

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