Velma Dickson Oaks

Graveside services for Mrs. Velma Dickson Oaks, 94, of Jacksonville, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Myers officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery under the direction of Boren-Conner Funeral Home, Jacksonville.

Mrs. Oaks died Saturday in a Jacksonville nursing home. She was born April 1, 1913 in Cherokee County, Texas.

She was a lifelong resident of Cherokee County. She worked at Holcombe Candy Company and Astro Air and was a Baptist.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Oaks and son, Charles T. Dickson, Sr. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Betty Dickson of Jacksonville; four grandchildren, Charles Dickson, Jr., Kelly Dickson, Belinda Reno and Carmella Hawkins; 13 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren as well as numerous friends at Bonner Place Nursing Home, where she was faithfully cared for many year by their wonderful staff and Dr. Saade;

No formal time has been set for visitation.

September 10, 2007

Information from Jacksonville Daily Progress