Edna Katherine Oakley, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Monday, April
4th, 2016 at Life Care Center at the age of 75. Mrs. Oakley was born in
Allardt, Tennessee to the late Jess and Hester Hull Vaughn. During her
life, Mrs. Oakley worked with her husband as a pharmacy assistant at
their drug store, Tullahoma Drug Shop. She later went to work in the
Pharmacy at CVS until her retirement. She was a member of Highland Hills
Church of Christ and was a former volunteer for Hospice as well as a
Board Member for Skills Development Services. In addition to her parents,
Mrs. Oakley was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver Wendell Oakley
Jr; and one daughter, Jennifer Taylor Halsey. She is survived by two
brothers, Wayne Vaughn and his wife Reta and Johnny Vaughn and his wife
Teresa; two sons, O. Wendell Oakley III and his wife Debra of Conestee,
South Carolina and Kim Oakley and his wife Lynn of Newnan, Georgia;
daughter, Vickie Taylor of Tullahoma; three grandchildren, Troy McGee and
his wife Tammy of Wartace, Peggy Anne Oakley of Toyko, Japan, and Katie
Halsey of Lexington, Kentucky; two great- grandchildren, Ryan and Elijah
McGee; two great-great-grandchildren, Oakley and Bristenn McGee; and
very special friends, Ron and Shirley Cato. Visitation will be held on
Thursday, April 7th, 2016 at Kilgore Funeral Home from 5:00-8:00pm.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 8th, 2016 at 1:00pm in the
Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Shane Hines officiating. Burial
will follow at Powell Hollow Cemetery in Bedford County. For those who
wish, the family asks that donations be made to Skills Development
Services, 704 South Washington Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.