Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRuth Lee WARREN [11828], [11829], [916], [237]
Birthbef Aug 30, 1924, Caswell County, North Carolina [11830]
DeathAug 30, 2011, Alamance County, North Carolina [11830]
BurialCooper Cemetery, Cooper Cemetery Road, Ridgeville, Caswell County, North Carolina [11830]
Spouses
BirthJan 15, 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina [11828], [916]
DeathJul 22, 2001, Alamance County, North Carolina [11828]
BurialCooper Cemetery, Cooper Cemetery Road, Ridgeville, Caswell County, North Carolina [11828]
MotherNancy Ann Elizabeth BLALOCK (1886-1975)
ChildrenJanice (1946-2004)
Obituary Online notes for Ruth Lee WARREN
8/31/2011

Ruth Lee Warren Oakley
   MEBANE — Mrs. Ruth Lee Warren Oakley, 87, of 510 North First Street, Mebane, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at her residence.

   A native of Caswell County, N.C., she was a homemaker.

   Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Oakley Lynch and husband Murray, of Mebane, N.C.; grandchildren, Sherry Neese and husband Tim of Liberty, N.C., Tamara Yeatts and husband Ronald of Mebane, Heather Burns and husband Shane of Durham, N.C., and Justin Lynch, Sarah Lynch and Jerry Kenyon Jr., all of Mebane; great-grandchildren, Jessica Neese, Victoria Neese, Brianna Neese, Maddison Yeatts and Griffin Yeatts.

   She was preceded in death by her parents John and Nannie Malone Warren; husband, Warren Eddie Oakley; and a daughter, Janice Oakley Kenyon.

   The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in the McClure Funeral Home Chapel in Mebane by Elder Ray King and Elder Harold Pittman. Burial will be in the Cooper Family Cemetery.

   The family will receive friends at Mc-Clure Funeral Home in Mebane Thursday afternoon from 2 until 3:30 prior to the service and at other times at the residence.

   Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215 or the Pink Ribbon Fund at Norville Breast Care Center, Attn: Sheena Lambert, 1236 Huffman Mill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.

   The family would like to offer a special thank you to Larry and Kathryn Wilkerson for their help and care given to Mrs. Oakley.

   Online condolences may be made at

  
www.mcclurefuneralservice.net   [11830]
Obituary Online notes for Warren Eddie (Spouse 1)
7/24/2001
Mr. Warren E. Oakley
MEBANE — Mr. Warren Eddie Oakley, 74, of 510 North First St., died at 6:20 p.m. Sunday, July 22, 2001, at his residence after an illness of one year. A native of Caswell County, he was the husband of Mrs. Ruth Lee Warren Oakley, who survives, and the son of John Henry Oakley and Nancy Elizabeth Blalock Oakley, both deceased. He was the owner and operator of Mebane Lawn Mower Repair and was a member of McCray Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors other than his wife of the home include two daughters, Mrs. Janice O. Kenyon and Mrs. Patricia “Trisha” Lynch, both of Mebane; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Edwards of Reidsville and Mrs. Katie Sue Hunt of Haw River; a brother, Hubert Oakley of Mebane; four granddaughters, Mrs. Sherry Neese, Mrs. Tammy Yeatts, Ms. Heather Lynch and Ms. Sarah Lynch; two grandsons, Jerry Kenyon Jr. and Justin Lynch; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister; and 10 brothers. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at McCray Primitive Baptist Church by Elder Wallis Smith and Elder Harold Pittman. Burial will be in Coopers Cemetery in Prospect Hill. The family will receive friends at McClure Funeral Home in Mebane from 6 to 8 this evening, and at other times on Saturday at the home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, P.O. Box 2122, Burlington, N.C. 27216 or to McCray Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Carl DeBruler, 1018 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27217. [11828]
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