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Alton Kelly Oakes

1917 - 1954 (36 years)

Cephus Wade Oakes

1890 - 1952 (61 years)

Birth 27 May 1890 Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Died 4 May 1952 Leesburg, North Carolina

Buried Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Father Cephus Calvin Oakes, b. 15 Apr 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Mother Elizabeth Cornelius "Nannie" Reynolds, b. 31 Oct 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Married 4 Mar 1879 Caswell County, North Carolina

Family Mary Elizabeth Gregory, b. 6 Feb 1885, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Married 30 Mar 1909 Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Children

	1. Unnamed Infant Oakes, b. 7 Mar 1910
	2. Delbert T. Oakes, b. 1911, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
+	3. Cecil Aubrey Oakes, b. 8 Feb 1913, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	4. Ben C. Oakes, b. 3 Mar 1915, Virginia
	5. Alton Kelly Oakes, b. 3 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	6. Myrtle Oakes, b. Est 1920, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	7. Erma Oakes, b. Est 1924, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	8. Iva Estene Oakes, b. 3 Feb 1922, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	9. Richardson Hedrick Oakes, b. 17 Jul 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Mary Elizabeth Gregory

1885 - 1955 (70 years)

Birth 6 Feb 1885 Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Died 10 Oct 1955 Caswell County, North Carolina

Buried Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.

Father Henry Clay Gregory, b. 17 Apr 1850, Henry County, Virginia

Mother Louvinia 'Vinie' Ann Pigg, b. 29 Nov 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Married 3 Feb 1876 Leaksville Township, North Carolina

Family Cephus Wade Oakes, b. 27 May 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Married 30 Mar 1909 Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Children

	1. Unnamed Infant Oakes, b. 7 Mar 1910
	2. Delbert T. Oakes, b. 1911, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
+	3. Cecil Aubrey Oakes, b. 8 Feb 1913, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	4. Ben C. Oakes, b. 3 Mar 1915, Virginia
	5. Alton Kelly Oakes, b. 3 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	6. Myrtle Oakes, b. Est 1920, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	7. Erma Oakes, b. Est 1924, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	8. Iva Estene Oakes, b. 3 Feb 1922, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
	9. Richardson Hedrick Oakes, b. 17 Jul 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Lena Rigney

1916 - 2000 (84 years)

Birth	19 Jul 1916	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Died	8 Oct 2000	Danville, Virginia
Buried	Hollywood Baptist Church Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Father	Jesse Thomas Rigney, b. 21 Jun 1882, Virginia
Mother	Minnie Alice Allen, b. 15 Oct 1889, Virginia
Married	March, 2 1909	Caswell, North Carolina

Family	Alton Kelly Oakes, b. 3 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia [1]