Turner County GaArchives Obituaries.....Oakes, Lowell Eugene (Gene) January 20, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carol Burnham CarolBaileyB@myfamily.com February 4, 2006, 4:27 pm Wire Grass Farmer - Feb. 1,2006 Lowell Eugene (Gene), Oakes went to be with the lord on Friday Jan. 20, 2006. He was born Jan. 8,1948 Montezuma, Ga., the eldest son of Luthar Avery "LA" and Joyce Bowden Oakes. A Jacksonville resident for the past 16 years, he worked at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida and served as a faithful member, sunday school teacher choir member and decon at Murray Hill Baptist Church. He also severd in the Air Force in the Vietnam era, was President of the Folrida Lighhouse Association and was a former Boy Scout leader and Little League Coach. He will always be remembered as a man who dearly loved God, Family, Jaguar Football, history, lighhouses, genealogy, collecting hotsauses, traveling with his family and sitting on the porch to watch the birds. Left to cherish his memory are his parents, L.A. & Joyce Oakes, his wife of 15 years Beverly Ann Oakes, 3 sons, Robert Oakes (wife Michelle), Jonathan Oakes, & Michael Oakes, 2 step sons, Sean Killingsworth & Jayson Killingsworth (wife Jessica), 3 brothers, Bowden Oakes (fiance, Debbie), Melvin Oakes, & L. Avery Oakes 111 (wife, Shelly); former wife Stella Marroquin Oakes of Atlanta; numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of Life Gathering was held Jan.28, at 3 p.m. at Murray Hill Baptist Church, with Pastor Doug Axtell officaiting. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Spina Bifida Association, 81 Lighthouse Ave., St. Augustine, Fl. 32080 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK. 73123. Arrangements by Hardage-Giddens funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/turner/obits/o/oakes3804gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb