The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, July 9, 1996                 TAG: 9607090181
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FRANKLIN                          LENGTH:   20 lines

MAXINE M. OAKLEY

Maxine Marie Oakley, of the 1600 block of South St., died July 6, 1996, in Franklin, Va.

Mrs. Oakley was a native of Franklin, Va., and was retired from AT&T Telephone Company. She was predeceased by her parents, John O. and Maxine Mills Whitehead.

Survivors include her husband, Sherman Oakley; sons, Ronald Keith Whitehead of Franklin and Allen J. Oakley of Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughters, Malinda Whitehead of Franklin and Shelia D. Oakley of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Ruby Holloway of Virginia Beach; and 12 grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted today at 11 a.m. in Elvin Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Joseph Greene. Burial will be in Southview Cemetery.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB