Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRosa Elma TURNER 
156,3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
156,3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, Rosa Elma Turner OakleyBirthJul 25, 1919, Person County, North Carolina3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
DeathJan 27, 2012, Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
BurialMount Hope United Church Of Christ, 2400 Mount Hope Church Rd, Whitsett, North Carolina3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
Spouses
1John Isaac OAKLEY 156,3, Hubert Franklin Oakley,3, Mr. Roy W. Oakley Sr.,3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, John Isaac Oakley
156,3, Hubert Franklin Oakley,3, Mr. Roy W. Oakley Sr.,3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley,470, John Isaac OakleyBirthMar 15, 1913156,470, John Isaac Oakley
DeathOct 9, 19873, Hubert Franklin Oakley,470, John Isaac Oakley
BurialMount Hope United Church Of Christ, 2400 Mount Hope Church Rd, Whitsett, North Carolina470, John Isaac Oakley
FatherJohn Henry Washington OAKLEY (1881-1954)
MotherNancy Ann Elizabeth BLALOCK (1886-1975)
Obituary Online notes for Rosa Elma TURNER
1/28/2012
Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
WHITSETT, N.C. — Rosa Elma Turner Oakley, age 93, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Person County and the wife of the late John Isaac Oakley.
Rosa retired from Southeast High School in Guilford County, where she worked in the school cafeteria. She was a longtime member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ where she taught Sunday School for many years. Rosa served on the Search Committee, Education Committee and as Chairperson of the Altar Guild. She was a loving and devoted Christian mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.
Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Oakley Hammons and husband Jim of Winston-Salem, Judy Oakley Gerner and husband Bennie of Julian and Teresa Oakley of Durham; sons, Howard G. Oakley of Belmont and Gerald N. Oakley and wife Sarah Lane of Sunset Beach, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Isaac Oakley; son, Donald Ray Oakley; a grandson, Jonathan Gerner; daughter-in-law, Judy Johnson Oakley; parents, James Thornton Turner and Addie Walker Turner; three sisters and six brothers.
The family of Rosa Oakley would like to thank her caregivers, Sue Durham and Judy Lundsford and Vicky Barnett with Hospice for their kind and compassionate care over the past months.
A service to celebrate her life will be held on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Hope United Church of Christ by the Rev. Lloyd Spencer and the Rev. Kristen Gerner-Vaughn and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 3 until 5 p.m. on Saturday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and at other times at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bennie Gerner of Julian.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Hope United Church of Christ, 2400 Mt. Hope Church Road, Whitsett, NC 27377 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
You may sign the online register book at
www.lowefuneralhome.com 3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
Rosa Elma Turner Oakley
WHITSETT, N.C. — Rosa Elma Turner Oakley, age 93, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Person County and the wife of the late John Isaac Oakley.
Rosa retired from Southeast High School in Guilford County, where she worked in the school cafeteria. She was a longtime member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ where she taught Sunday School for many years. Rosa served on the Search Committee, Education Committee and as Chairperson of the Altar Guild. She was a loving and devoted Christian mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.
Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Oakley Hammons and husband Jim of Winston-Salem, Judy Oakley Gerner and husband Bennie of Julian and Teresa Oakley of Durham; sons, Howard G. Oakley of Belmont and Gerald N. Oakley and wife Sarah Lane of Sunset Beach, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Isaac Oakley; son, Donald Ray Oakley; a grandson, Jonathan Gerner; daughter-in-law, Judy Johnson Oakley; parents, James Thornton Turner and Addie Walker Turner; three sisters and six brothers.
The family of Rosa Oakley would like to thank her caregivers, Sue Durham and Judy Lundsford and Vicky Barnett with Hospice for their kind and compassionate care over the past months.
A service to celebrate her life will be held on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Hope United Church of Christ by the Rev. Lloyd Spencer and the Rev. Kristen Gerner-Vaughn and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 3 until 5 p.m. on Saturday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and at other times at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bennie Gerner of Julian.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Hope United Church of Christ, 2400 Mt. Hope Church Road, Whitsett, NC 27377 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
You may sign the online register book at
www.lowefuneralhome.com 3, Rosa Elma Turner Oakley