Lamar A. Oliver

LAMAR A. OLIVER SR. WAS BORN, JUNE 18.1977, IN CLEVELAND, OHIO TO IRIS OLIVER.

HE RECEIVED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND REMAINED DEDICATED TO READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORD OF GOD. HE GREW UP IN CLEVELAND AND ATTENDED CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE HE DEVELOPED A KEEN SENSE IN MATHEMATICS. AND A LOVE FOR SPORTS.

HE WAS A DIE HARD CAYS, OHIO STATE AND BROWNS FAN. AFTER SCHOOL HE USED HIS ATHLETIC KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO COACH WITH THE CLEVELAND EMS RAMS. THOUGH HE LOVED THE SPORT, HE ADORED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE HIS TIME TO THE YOUNG MEN HE SERVED. HE WAS THE EPITOME OF A CHEERFUL GIVER. BE IT HIS TIME OR HIS DIME HE MADE IT HIS MISSION TO HELP THOSE AROUND HIM.

HE WAS A LOVER OF FINE THINGS AND TOOK INTEREST IN CARS AND REAL ESTATE. HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN, AN INVESTOR AND AN ENTREPRENEUR. BUT ABOVE ALL HIS LIFE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOTHING MADE HIM PROUDER THAN BEING A FATHER!!! FATHERHOOD WAS A ROLE HE TOOK VERY SERIOUS AND HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO BEING AN AMAZING FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN AND GOD CHILDREN. HE WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE THE FIRST MAN HIS DAUGHTERS FELL IN LOVE WITH AND TO BUILD THE FRAME WORK OF A GOOD MAN AND GREAT FATHER FOR HIS SON'S TO EMULATE.

TO KNOW LAMAR WAS TO KNOW A GIFTED MAN OF WORDS (A WORD SMITH TO BE EXACT), ART, MUSIC, INTELLIGENCE, LOYALTY, GENEROSITY, HUMOR AND LOVE.

LAMAR IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER IRIS, DAUGHTERS, MORGAN, MAURIANNA, (RAVEN), SON LAMAR JR., (ANTHONY), BROTHERS SEAN ... (MARY ANN) AND STANLEY, SISTER TOMEIKA, TWO GOD CHILDREN, ANTONIO AND DEMARJÉ AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FAMILY