Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameAnnie Lou OAKLEY 
470, Luther Yancey Rudd-Information,470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
470, Luther Yancey Rudd-Information,470, Annie Lou Oakley SharpeBirthJan 22, 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina470
DeathApr 4, 2020, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
FatherErasmus Hugh OAKLEY (1892-1950)
MotherAddie Sue RUDD (1896-1967)
Spouses
BirthFeb 4, 1922, Alamance County, North Carolina470
DeathDec 29, 1959, Somerset County, Maryland470, John Harold Sharpe
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, John Harold Sharpe
Marriage1947470
BirthJun 7, 1923, Baltimore, Maryland470, Walter F. Volker
DeathMay 28, 2013470, Walter F. Volker
BurialStill Pond Cemetery, Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland470, Walter F. Volker
Marriage1968470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe-Obituary
No Children
Obituary Online notes for Annie Lou OAKLEY
Known for most of her life as "Lou," Annie Lou was also known as Lou Sharpe and Lou Volker at various times in her life. The youngest of six children, Lou grew up during the depression on a tobacco farm in rural North Carolina.
During her high school years after the family moved to Alamance County near Burlington, Lou excelled in playing basketball for Elon College High School. As the team captain, she led the Eagles to the Alamance County championship in 1945.
In 1947, Lou married John Harold Sharpe who lived on highway 70 about a half mile west of the Oakleys. After his graduation from NC State College in Raleigh, the couple eventually landed in Salisbury, Maryland where Harold was recruited by Frank Perdue to eventually be promoted as General Manager of Perdue Farms. In Salisbury, Lou gave birth to two children, Joan Linda Sharpe and John Harold Sharpe, II, who survive her. Lou later characterized her years with Harold and her young children in Salisbury as the happiest days of her life.
In December 1959, tragedy befell the family when Harold died in a private plane accident leaving Lou as a young widow with two small children. Rather than uprooting the family and returning to North Carolina, Lou made the decision to stay in Salisbury, Maryland where she and Harold had made many friends and the children had already started school.
Lou, always dedicated to being the best mother she could be, attended and graduated from the secretarial course at a local business school so that she could rejoin the work force and support her children as a single parent. Later in life, Lou also took the Certified Nursing Assistant course at Wor-Wic Community College and cared for a number of elderly patients in their homes.
In 1968, Lou married Walter Volker of Chestertown, Maryland who had recently reenacted the historic post-revolutionary war ride of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, General Washington's aide-de-camp. The family enjoyed life in Salisbury and often spent weekends with their out-of-town family members and local friends on their houseboat, the H.B. Annie Lou.
Throughout her life Lou's passion was to be the best wife, mother and homemaker she could possibly be. Friends and relatives will remember her especially for her coconut cakes, deviled eggs, fruit pizzas and many other delicious and creative dishes.
Lou was baptized as a Christian believer, securing her place in eternity. At various times throughout her life she was an active member of Prospect Hill Primitive Baptist Church (Caswell County), St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Family Ministries Fellowship in Bridgeville, Del., Holy Trinity Cathedral (Anglican) in Berlin, MD, and St. Thomas the Disciple Anglican Church in Salisbury.
In addition to her children, Lou is survived by many nieces and nephews, most living in North Carolina.
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Precious Mother
Gravesite Details
Annie Lou is buried next to her first husband, John Harold Sharpe, in the Veterans section of Alamance Memorial Park 470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
During her high school years after the family moved to Alamance County near Burlington, Lou excelled in playing basketball for Elon College High School. As the team captain, she led the Eagles to the Alamance County championship in 1945.
In 1947, Lou married John Harold Sharpe who lived on highway 70 about a half mile west of the Oakleys. After his graduation from NC State College in Raleigh, the couple eventually landed in Salisbury, Maryland where Harold was recruited by Frank Perdue to eventually be promoted as General Manager of Perdue Farms. In Salisbury, Lou gave birth to two children, Joan Linda Sharpe and John Harold Sharpe, II, who survive her. Lou later characterized her years with Harold and her young children in Salisbury as the happiest days of her life.
In December 1959, tragedy befell the family when Harold died in a private plane accident leaving Lou as a young widow with two small children. Rather than uprooting the family and returning to North Carolina, Lou made the decision to stay in Salisbury, Maryland where she and Harold had made many friends and the children had already started school.
Lou, always dedicated to being the best mother she could be, attended and graduated from the secretarial course at a local business school so that she could rejoin the work force and support her children as a single parent. Later in life, Lou also took the Certified Nursing Assistant course at Wor-Wic Community College and cared for a number of elderly patients in their homes.
In 1968, Lou married Walter Volker of Chestertown, Maryland who had recently reenacted the historic post-revolutionary war ride of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, General Washington's aide-de-camp. The family enjoyed life in Salisbury and often spent weekends with their out-of-town family members and local friends on their houseboat, the H.B. Annie Lou.
Throughout her life Lou's passion was to be the best wife, mother and homemaker she could possibly be. Friends and relatives will remember her especially for her coconut cakes, deviled eggs, fruit pizzas and many other delicious and creative dishes.
Lou was baptized as a Christian believer, securing her place in eternity. At various times throughout her life she was an active member of Prospect Hill Primitive Baptist Church (Caswell County), St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Family Ministries Fellowship in Bridgeville, Del., Holy Trinity Cathedral (Anglican) in Berlin, MD, and St. Thomas the Disciple Anglican Church in Salisbury.
In addition to her children, Lou is survived by many nieces and nephews, most living in North Carolina.
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Precious Mother
Gravesite Details
Annie Lou is buried next to her first husband, John Harold Sharpe, in the Veterans section of Alamance Memorial Park 470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe