About Oliver Eye Care
Oliver Eye Care is a private optometric practice that was founded by Dr. Keith Oliver in 1979. Dr. Oliver was the first full-time eye care provider in Alleghany County for many years. His son, Dr. Logan Oliver, joined the practice in 2016 and continues to see patients five days a week.
Our History
About Keith M. Oliver OD (Founder)
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Dr. Keith Oliver earned his undergraduate degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. He received his optometry degree in 1979 from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN.
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Upon graduation, Dr. Oliver’s neighbor and mentor, Dr. Don Temple of Jonesville, NC, sold his two-day per week satellite office in Sparta, NC to the recent graduate. Excited to live in the Blue Ridge mountains with its rich scenery and plentiful outdoor opportunities, Dr. Oliver aspired to provide excellent and comprehensive medical eye care to a population whose service had been geographically neglected at that point in time.
An active member in the community for over three decades, Dr. Oliver served civic and local duties with the Sparta Lion’s Club and Oasis Shriners. He was also a contributing member of the American Optometric Society and North Carolina Optometric Society.
Dr. Keith Oliver provided accessible and dedicated care for 38 years until his passing in March of 2017. He maintained his responsibility to his patients and their care until the final days of his life. His legacy of selfless service lives in the hearts and memories of his patients, friends, and family. Above all, he is remembered for his kindness, his wit, his intellect, and compassion. Most that met Dr. Oliver would call him a friend.
Our Optometrists
About Logan J. Oliver, OD
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Dr. Logan Oliver earned his undergraduate degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Like his father, he received his optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN, graduating summa cum laude in 2016. During optometry school, he was inducted into the Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Society. Dr. Oliver completed externships at Eye Care Center in Wilmington, NC and Naval Health Clinic New England in Newport, RI.
After graduation, Dr. Oliver moved back to Sparta, NC to join his father’s practice. He aspires to continue his father’s legacy by providing accessible and comprehensive eye care to his hometown community. His special interests in ocular disease, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration have proven to be beneficial to his patients.
He is an active member of the American Optometric Society, the North Carolina Optometric Society, and also serves on several local boards. Dr. Oliver is married with one child and loves spending time with his family and friends. He enjoys reading, playing music, personal fitness, and playing tennis.
About Dexter Street, OD
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Dr. Street earned his undergraduate degree from Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock, PA in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics Education. He then became a Junior High School Mathematics Teacher at Lynnhaven Junior High School in Virginia Beach, VA.
He began his Masters Degree work in School Counseling and Administration at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA when he was encouraged to change his career to Optometry. Dr. Street then attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia, PA graduating with a Doctor of Optometry degree in 1984. He was also awarded the Module 3 Clinical Excellence Award, a Clinical Excellence Award in Clinical Optometry and a Clinical Excellence Award in Pediatric Optometry. He did his externships at the Lynch Pediatric Clinic in Philadelphia, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, DC, The Freeport Eye Center in Freeport, PA and with Kenneth A. Lebow, OD a Specialty Contact Lens Practice in Virginia Beach, VA. In his senior year of Optometry School, Dr. Street and approximately 18 other students along with 4 staff members from the Optometry School, went on a
mission trip to Haiti where they delivered eye care with the Student
Optometric Service to Haiti.
Returning to Virginia Beach, he aided Brandon Edwards in the development of the BITA Low Vision device which he uses in the practice of Low Vision at the Industries for the Blind. Dr. Street practiced Optometry in Mount Airy, NC for 32 years from which he recently retired. Shortly after retirement, Dr. Logan Oliver asked him to join his practices in Sparta and Elkin.
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Dr. Street is a member of the American Optometric Association and the North Carolina Optometric Society. He has been married to Carol Lee (Wilde) Street for 45 years and enjoys working with their dogs, cat and three horses. He also enjoys playing golf and music as well as working on restoring one of his automobiles. He thoroughly enjoys reading his Bible and books by Dr. Charles Stanley, C.S. Lewis, Max Lucado, Frank Peretti and Joyce Myers to name a few.
