Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthAug 18, 1921, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley,470, Lucille Clapp Oakley
DeathDec 3, 2008, Pleasant Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley,470, Lucille Clapp Oakley
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley,470, Lucille Clapp Oakley
MotherNancy SMITH (1892-1964)
Spouses
BirthNov 10, 1923, Catawba County, North Carolina470, Woodrow Warren Oakley
DeathAug 6, 1983, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley,470, Woodrow Warren Oakley
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Woodrow Warren Oakley
FatherErasmus Hugh OAKLEY (1892-1950)
MotherAddie Sue RUDD (1896-1967)
Obituary Online notes for Lucille CLAPP
12/5/2008

Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley

    PLEASANT GARDEN — Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley, 90, formerly of N.C. 61 East, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at Clapp’s Assisted Living after several years of declining health.

    A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Charles "Charlie" Clapp and the late Nancy Smith Clapp and was married to the late Woodrow Warren Oakley, who died in 1983. She was a former employee of Dixie-Belle Textiles and was a member of Brick Reformed United Church of Christ.

    Mrs. Oakley is survived by a niece, Hazel C. Roberts of Whitsett; and several great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a sister, Berdia K. Clapp; a brother, Harvey L. Clapp; and a niece, Emma Faye Ammons.

    The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2008, at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Kristin Gerner Vaughn. Interment will be in Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends following the service in the chapel, and other times at the home of Bennie Gerner, 2907 Mt. Hope Church Road.

    In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Brick Reformed United Church of Christ, 3699 Brick Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.

    You may sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com 3, Mrs. Lucille Clapp Oakley
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