July 31, 2025 - I announce my resignation from the District Clerk’s Office effective August 1, 2025. For a little over twenty years now, it has been my privilege to have served you, the people of Shelby County and the many visitors who came into your District Clerk’s Office.
I have made life long friends and met a multitude of colorful people that I will never forget! There are those that may say that I too, have become one of those colorful people. And, they may be right!
The memories - good, bad, funny and sad, I wouldn’t trade for anything and I will keep them with me forever. So many of you have played a significant role in my time here.
Through the Russian Ransomware and demand for bitcoin - talking with the Rangers and FBI , the creek document retrieval (“watch that bull, he’ll getcha”), the 4th Horseman who is here to open the seal, “Witch! You don’t know me! I’m the TV star!” (Except 'witch' is not really what she called me.)
Then, there was… ”This is CNN, we are at the Shreveport airport. Can you tell us about how long it will take us to get to your office,” and all of the law enforcement agencies that went along with it. The Church of the Spaghetti Monsters was a new one to me. I could go on, and on.
Someone once told me their pastor reminds them that what goes down a well, comes up in a bucket. Just take what resonates.
Be honest, you thought my job was boring; going into it, I thought it would be too. Just the keeper of the record - a bunch of paper files. Little did we know…
It truly has been my honor to have served you and I thank you for the opportunity.
Lori Oliver
Former District Clerk Of Shelby County, Texas
