On Friday, December 2, 2022, Donna Gay Oliver went home to be with the Lord. She was 71 years old.
Donna was born on January 30, 1951 in Wynne, Arkansas to Paul and Sadie Smith. She married Elton C. Oliver October 4, 1974 and they raised 3 daughters, Angel, Misti and Dana. They moved their family to Newton 1986.
Donna loved baking cakes, family activities, and her dogs. She loved God and her family above all.
She was preceded in death by her father and her husband.
Those left to carry on her memory are two sisters; Phyllis Morris and husband, JR and JoAnn Huey and husband, Gary, three daughters, Angel Norris, Misti Killian and husband, Chad and Dana Underwood and husband, Jonathan; eight grandchildren, Will Templeton, Kenley Killian, Harrison Underwood, Dawson Templeton, Savannah Underwood, Seth Underwood, Camden Killian and Harper Norris and many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 3PM Friday, December 9, 2022 at St Paul’s Memorial Park in Newton, NC. Pastor Charles Kenya will officiate.
Flowers may be sent to Jenkins Funeral Home or memorials may be made to
the Catawba Humane Society
, a place very dear to her heart.
Pallbearers will be son's in law; Chad Killian, Johnathan Underwood and grandsons; Will Templeton, Harrison Underwood, Dawson Templeton, Seth Underwood and Camden Killian.
Please sign the online guestbook on the Memorial Wall at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Oliver family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828-464-1555.