Annie Oliver, 80, accused of killing her husband, Ronald Oliver; may be the oldest female homicide suspect charged in Jackson County

• Annie Oliver is facing a first-degree murder charge.

Annie Oliver may be the oldest female homicide suspect in Jackson County history – at least that anyone in the prosecutor’s office can remember.

Last week, Oliver, 80, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of her husband, Ronald Oliver. The octogenarian told officers responding to the scene that she was tired of being verbally abused by Ronald Oliver, so she hit him with a baseball bat.

Oliver may be the oldest woman charged in a homicide in Jackson County, but she isn’t the oldest person.