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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Stanley Farris Oakley
Stanley Farris
Oakley
July 16, 1925 – July 8, 2013
Stanley Farris Oakley's Obituary
SHERMAN - Funeral Services for Stanley F. Oakley, age 87, of Sherman, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at the North Park Baptist Church. Rev David Murphy of North Park Baptist Church will officiate and the services are under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman. Burial will follow at the Cedarlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Sherman. Pallbearers will be Shawn Laney, Casey Hayes, Amy Hayes, Julie Rutherford, Brian Rutherford, Ashley Hertzog, Brett Hertzog and Gary Copeland. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Sherman Kiwanis Club Members.
Stanley passed on Monday, July 8, 2013 at his residence in Sherman.
He was born on July 16, 1925 in Lake Victor, Texas, the son of Jess Harvey Oakley and Dorothy Nell Jones Oakley. Stanley graduated Hico High School and joined the United States Navy serving in WWII. He was discharged as a Seaman, First Class. He later attended and graduated from Texas A&M Class of 1950 with a Bachelors degree in Horticulture. Stanley married Betty Cloud on March 16, 1952 in La Feria, Texas. He worked as a County Agricultural Extension Agent for 30 years and retired from there. Stanley was also a partner in the Oakley Tree Farm in Sherman.
He was a member of many community groups including the Sherman Kiwanis Club from 1967 to present and was President from 1975-1976, member and Board of Directors of the Sherman Chamber of Commerce, Lifetime member of the Texoma Exposition and Livestock Show, National County Agricultural Agents Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Texas Bluebird Society and North Park Baptist Church.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Betty Oakley, two daughters, Sharon Laney and husband Mike and Marcia Hayes and husband David, one son, Mike Oakley and Cindy Hopkins, two grandsons, Shawn Laney and Casey Hayes and wife Amy, two granddaughters, Julie Rutherford and husband Brian and Ashley Hertzog and husband Brett and one great grandson, Ryan Casey Hayes. He is also survived by his sister, Anita Copeland and brother in law, Gilbert Copeland and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and one grandson, Ryan David Hayes.
The Family Night will be held on Thursday, July 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman.
Donations in Stanley's memory may be made to North Park Baptist Church Building Fund at 2605 Rex Cruse Drive, Sherman, TX 75092.
The online register book can be signed at www.waldofuneralhome.com.
Stanley passed on Monday, July 8, 2013 at his residence in Sherman.
He was born on July 16, 1925 in Lake Victor, Texas, the son of Jess Harvey Oakley and Dorothy Nell Jones Oakley. Stanley graduated Hico High School and joined the United States Navy serving in WWII. He was discharged as a Seaman, First Class. He later attended and graduated from Texas A&M Class of 1950 with a Bachelors degree in Horticulture. Stanley married Betty Cloud on March 16, 1952 in La Feria, Texas. He worked as a County Agricultural Extension Agent for 30 years and retired from there. Stanley was also a partner in the Oakley Tree Farm in Sherman.
He was a member of many community groups including the Sherman Kiwanis Club from 1967 to present and was President from 1975-1976, member and Board of Directors of the Sherman Chamber of Commerce, Lifetime member of the Texoma Exposition and Livestock Show, National County Agricultural Agents Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Texas Bluebird Society and North Park Baptist Church.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Betty Oakley, two daughters, Sharon Laney and husband Mike and Marcia Hayes and husband David, one son, Mike Oakley and Cindy Hopkins, two grandsons, Shawn Laney and Casey Hayes and wife Amy, two granddaughters, Julie Rutherford and husband Brian and Ashley Hertzog and husband Brett and one great grandson, Ryan Casey Hayes. He is also survived by his sister, Anita Copeland and brother in law, Gilbert Copeland and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and one grandson, Ryan David Hayes.
The Family Night will be held on Thursday, July 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman.
Donations in Stanley's memory may be made to North Park Baptist Church Building Fund at 2605 Rex Cruse Drive, Sherman, TX 75092.
The online register book can be signed at www.waldofuneralhome.com.
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