From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills: The History of 4 North Carolina Families

Oakley Family Gravestones

Liberty Union Baptist Church
Low Gap, Surry County, NC

Gravestones of James Ambrose Oakley and Etta Bell Isaacs Oakley. "Jim" Oakley ran a saw mill in Low Gap and was the son of Robert T. "Bob" Oakley and Jane Willey Oakley. Etta was the daughter of Elisha Henry Isaacs and Elizabeth Caroline Calloway Isaacs. Jim and Etta had two children, whose graves are pictured below.

Gravestones of Hubert John Oakley, son of Jim and Etta Oakley, and his wife, Dorothy Elizabeth Hodges. They had several children, two of whom were buried at Liberty, pictured below.

Grave stones of infant children of Hubert and Dorothy Oakley. The stone on the far right reads: Our Darling, Oakley Infant, Sept. 20, 1940-Sept. 20, 1940.

Grave Stone of William Corbett and Mabel Oakley Bottomley and their son, W. Ted Bottomley. Mabel was the daughter of Jim and Etta Oakley.

Grave Stone of James Earl and Annie Faye Rutherford Oakley. James was the son of George Washington and Etta Sparks Oakley. George was James Ambrose Oakley's brother. Annie was the daughter of Thomas Harvey and Amy Brown Rutherford.

From the Blue Ridges to the Sandhills: The History of 4 NC Families/
Oakley Family Gravestones at Liberty Union Baptist Church
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