OLIN "BUCK" JARVIS
OLIN LEO "BUCK" JARVIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT IRONDALE, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 26, 1920. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE LYTLE HARRISON AND DELLA (VINEYARD) JARVIS. BUCK DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 1, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY- TWO YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
BUCK WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANNIE FLORENCE ALLEN ON OCTOBER 11, 1941 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN.
BUCK IS SURVIVED BY WIFE, ANNIE FLORENCE JARVIS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TWO DAUGHTERS, JANET DRUMMOND AND HUSBAND BILL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND RHONDA PHARES AND HUSBAND JAMES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, FOUR SONS, JESSE JARVIS AND WIFE SUE OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, THOMAS JARVIS AND WIFE JUDY OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, MIKE JARVIS AND WIFE HOPE OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI AND ROGER JARVIS AND WIFE SHARON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE BROTHER, GLEN JARVIS AND WIFE AUDREY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, THREE SISTERS, VELMA DAVIS OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, LUCY HENSON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND MARY FERRELL OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND TWENTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, BUCK WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHER, LUTHER JARVIS, SISTER, ETHEL HENSON, INFANT GRANDDAUGHTER BY LEONA & THOMAS JARVIS AND INFANT GRANDDAUGHTER BY JANET AND BILL DRUMMOND, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, APRIL MARIE EMILY AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, LEONA BLACK JARVIS.
ABOVE ALL ELSE, BUCK SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AS A TRUE CHRISTIAN AND LOYAL FAMILY MAN, WHO LOVED HIS LORD, HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND HIS LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY. BUCK HELPED RAISED HIS CHILDREN AND OTHERS TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND SERVED AS AN ELDER OF THE CHURCH.
BUCK WAS A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN AND OWNER OF THE STANDARD STATION AND JARVIS SAFETY SERVICE FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A DEDICATED FARMER, WHO ENJOYED LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
BUCK WAS CIVIC MINED, SERVING TWO TERMS AS A WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND ACTIVELY ENJOYED TAKING PART LOCALLY IN OUR NATION'S BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR BUCK WAS ADOPTED BY THE MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON MARCH 2, 2000 LISTING SOME OF HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING HIS BLESSED LIFE.
BUCK WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS AS TRULY LEAVING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL MANKIND.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 10:30 AM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2002 AT THE PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH WITH BROTHER CARL WILSON AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE LOUIS DRUMMOND, STEVE JARVIS, TOM JARVIS, JR., TIM PHARES, BOB PHARES AND SCOTT JARVIS. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARER WAS JASON JARVIS.