Raymond Ralph Oliver Sr., was born on Tuesday, April 7, 1931 to the late

Henry Oliver Sr. and Eleanor Jones. Raymond was called home on October

27,2019.

He was educated in the Public School Systems of Virginia and Baltimore,

Maryland.

He worked for Floyd E. Smith Oil Company, Bethlehem Steel Shipyard

and Ray's Oil Burner Services, Inc. He was the First African American to

fix furnaces and taught others. Raymond could fix a furnace over the

phone, that's just how good he was at fixing furnaces.

Raymond enjoyed watching his westerns, drinking coffee, his eggs over

easy, fried potatoes with lots of onions, tuna fish lots of onions, and

homemade cod fish cakes.

Every weekend he and his brothers would get together to play Spades and

of course Raymond would cheat and get caught. They would spend the

whole weekend together.

He didn't have a problem with telling a person about themselves.

Raymond was preceded in death by: his son, Raymond R. Oliver Jr., both

of his parents, four brothers, Henry Jr., Gene, Lawrence Sr. and Jerome A.

Oliver Sr., along with one sister, Lorraine Crosby.

Left to cherish his sweet loving memories: a dear and very devoted friend,

Vaimarie Johnson; four daughters, Robin Johnson, Vangie Rogers, Monica

and Rita; four sons, Garry (Boobie) Johnson, Aaron A. McNair, Avery and

Cannon; two god daughters, Lisa Lomax and Saheerah; one brother,

Ronald Oliver Sr. and wife Chris; a special grandson, Stanton (Lil Mack);

grandkids, Davon, Sharon, Brittney, Tyra, and Corey and a host of other

relatives and friends; one very special and devoted friend, Esther Bennett