The second reunion of the Oakes and Dose Families was held June10-12 in Vicksburg, MS. There were over 75 people present at the Gibson Memorial United Methodist Church. The main activities were Saturday June 11. These included Welcome, Introductions, Presentation, Genealogy Chart, Lunch, Fellowship and Sharing of Pictures. The addition of the Leist and Bellinger families made for a great mix of people with many shared relatives and memories.
If you have pictures taken at the reunion that you would like to share, please email them to me.
Photo Gallery
Caroline Pittman
Gathering
Christian Oakes
Anna Pittman & Christian Oakes
Donald Oakes
Connor and Christian Oakes
Donald Oakes
Donald Oakes
David, Christian & Ida Oakes
Floyd Oakes
Donald Oakes Introduction
Connor Oakes giving invocation
Presentation Audience
Floyd Oakes Filmmaker
Floyd and Mel Oakes
Pat Oakes and Donna Tesh
Martha Boone & Donna Tesh
Mel and Pat Oakes
Ida Oakes & Gabe and Jennifer Ables
Audience
Audience
Martha and David Boone
Twyla, Amanda, Connor & Jim Oakes.
Sheila Gessler Wood, Granddaughter of Carrie Dose Hopkins
Sue Goode & Lilly Hildebrand
Donna and Steve Tesh
Dorothy Plake Case
Kaye Evans Arwood
Bob Arwood
Betty Oakes & Jo Ann Mikell
Vicky Gladish & Ann Hull
Sherman Hull
Joe Saar
Grace Hull Saar
Jo Ann Howard Mikell
Betty Oakes
Lisa Oakes Thompson
Stuart Oakes
Georgia Wyatt
Norman Oakes & Bob Arwood
Walter Bliss
Judy Councell
Grace Gallagher, ?, Anna Pittman
Ollie Hull, Pat Oakes in background
Bill Smith
Marilyn McHie
Aprille Rose
Bill Rose
Lucas Thompson.
Jennifer Oakes Ables
Christian Oakes
David Oakes
Back Row: Keaton, Parker Rutherford, Tammy Rutherford, Taylor Smith. Front Row: Peyton Rutherford and Laney Smith
Daniel Mohr & Michael Mohr
Ollie Hull & Aprille Rose
Mel Oakes, Martha Boone and Bill Wyatt
Lunch
Sherman and Ollie Hull
Ida and Olivia Oakes
Twyla Oakes, Lucas Thompson, & Connor Oakes
Connor, Jim, Betty, Floyd, Lisa, Lucas, Twyla and Amana Oakes
Hull Family
Shetman Hull
Back row: Steve Tesh, Tammy Rutherford, Peyton Rutherford, Parker Rutherford and David Smith Frt: Laney Smith, Donna Tesh, Georgia Fielder, Martha Boone, Taylor Smith
Dose and Evans Relatives
Oakes Family
Donald, Mel and Floyd Oakes
David, Donald, Stuart and Jennifer (Ables) Oakes
David, Mardie, Lisa (Thompson), Stuart and Jennifer (Ables) Oakes
Oakes Cousins
Plaque from Steve and Donna Tesh
Bob Arwood
Bob Arwood & harmonica
Reunion Flowers courtesy of Steve and Donna Tesh
Anna Pittman and Susan Montgomery
Mel and Mardie Oakes "running sound."
Donald Oakes setting up display boards.
Mel and Pat Oakes, Media Test.
Mel Oakes and Donna Tesh
Donna Tesh and Pat Oakes
Mel Oakes, testing projector.
Invocation, Connor Oakes
Emma Hughes, Georgia Fielder, Janet Dixon, Bobbie Dunn, Sue Lumbley, Martha and David Boone
Donald Oakes, MC
Boston Rose
Betty Terrelll Oakes
Ann Hull, Mel and Pat Oakes
Donald Oakes and Sheila Gessler Wood
Audience
Pat Oakes, Martha Boone, Donna Tesh, Helen Oakes
?, Emma Hughes & Janet Dixon
Janet Dixon, Bobbie Dunn & Sue Lumbley
Sheila Gessler Wood
Grace Gallagher & Judy Councell
Robert Grantham Oakes
Signing In.
Bill McHie
Aprille Rose
Floyd Oakes and David Boone
Boston Rose, Judy Councell, Jay Councell
Gloria and Bill Smith and Pat Oakes
Lisa Oakes Thompson
Sue Lumbley & Sheila Gessler Wood
Grace Hull Saar, Ann Hull, Vicky Gladish
Jay Rufner
Amanda Oakes Rester
Connor Oakes
Lucas Thompson and Jim Oakes
Sue Lumbley
Norman Oakes, Janet Dixon, Martha Boone, Donna Tesh, Theresa Villatoro and Frances Plake Lirett
Floyd Oakes, John Wood and Mel Oakes
Donald Oakes, Jim, Twyla and Connor Oakes
Floyd Oakes, Sue Goode, Lillie Hilderbrand, Mel and Pat Oakes
Dorothy Plake Case & Grace Gallagher
Frances Plake Lirette & Theresa Villatoro
Robert Hughes Hilderbrand
Donald Oakes, Sue Goode, Lilly Hildebrand, Dorothy Plake Case, Mel Oakes and Twyla Oakes
Betty and Connor Oakes
Betty and Connor Oakes
Mildred Elizabeth Eadie Oakes May 15, 1946
Mel and Donald Oakes
Donald and Mel Oakes
Pat Oakes
Gibson Memorial Church
Dinner the night before.
Dinner the night before.
Floyd, Norman and Helen Oakes
Ann Hull and Vicky Gladish
?, Grace Hull Saar,
Mardie Oakes, David Oakes, Gabe Ables, Jennifer Oakes Gables, Olivia Oakes
Olivia and Ida Oakes
Stuart Oakes, Jay Rufner, David and Ida Oakes
Gabe Ables, Olivia and Christian Oakes
Jay Rufner, David and Ida Oakes
Stuart Oakes and Jay Rufner
Kaye Evans Arwood
Sherman Hull
Robert Grantham Oakes
Walter and Janice Bliss
Ken and Sue Lumbley
David and Martha Boone and Donna Tesh
Steve Tesh and Daniel and Michael Mohr
Dinner Friday Night
Mardie Oakes, Jim Oakes, Mel Oakes
Pat Oakes
Frances Plake Lirette
Bettye Barnette Oakes
Martha Boone
\Helen Oakes
Dorothy Plake Case
Lilly Hilderbrand
Sue Goode
Anna Pittman
Grace Gallagher
John Gallagher
Kathy Johnston
Georgia Fielder
Donna Leist Tesh & Georgia Fielder
Donna Tesh, Georgia Fielder & Martha Boone
Jay Rufner
Stuart Oakes
Norman Oakes
Lisa Oakes Thompson
Lucas Thompson
Donna Tesh
Amanda Oakes Rester
Jo Ann Howard Mikell
Betty Oakes
Flowers from Donna & Steve Tesh
Sue Lumbley
Ann Hull
Vicky Gladish
Steve Tesh
Twyla Oakes
Janet Dixon
Jim Oakes
Connor Oakes
David Boone
Bobbie Dunn
Mardie Aakes
Sheila Gessler Wood
John Wood
Bill McHie
Marilyn McHie
Grace Hull Saar
Joe Saar
Gloria and Bill Smith
Ayva Rose
Lela Ros
Sue Goode & Lilly Hildebrand
Bill Rose
Christine Councell & Virginia Evans
John Evans
Aprille Rose
Lucas Thompson, Stuart Oakes, Sheila Wood
Sue Goode, Lilly Hildebrand & Martha Boone
Aprille Rose and Bettye Oakes
Christine Councell, Judy Councell & Betty Oakes
Oakes-Dose Family Chart
Gathering for talk.
Randy Stubbs
Bill McHie, Jo Ann Mikell, & Jay Rufner
Mardie Oakes, Lisa & Lucas Thompson, Jim & Connor Oakes
Randy Stubbs
Boston Rose
Walter Bliss
Natalie Pittman
Caroline Pittman
Bill Pittman
Jay Councell
Judy Evans Councell
Bettye Oakes & Jo Ann Mikell
Stuart Oakes, Sheila & John Wood
Norman Oakes, Bill McHie, Helen Oakes
Joe Saar & Bill Rose
Christian Oakes
David Oakes
Ida Oakes
Christine Councell
Mel Oakes
Aprille Rose, Norman Oakes, Bill & Marilyn McHie
Bettye Oakes, Kathy Johnston, John Gallagher
Connor, Jim, Betty, Floyd, Lisa, Lucas, Twyla and Amana Oakes
Donald Oakes, MC
Stuart Oakes
Ida Oakes
Anna Pittman and Christian oakes
Caroline Pittman
Hull Family
Back row: Steve Tesh, Tammy Rutherford, Peyton Rutherford, Parker Rutherford and David Smith
Frt: Donna Tesh, Georgia Fielder, Martha Boone,
Floor: Laney Smith,Taylor Smith
Jennifer Oakes Ables
Dose and Evans Relatives
Mel Oakes, Steve and Donna Tesh
David, Donald, Stuart adn Jennifer (Ables) Oakes
Oakes Relatives
Dose & Hopkins Relative
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Floyd Oakes
Olivia Oakes
Daniel Mohr
Christian Oakes and Anna Pittman
Anna Pittman
Caroline Pittman and Christian Oakes
Luca Thompson and Amanda Oakes Rester
Donald Oakes
Pat and Mel Oakes and Stuart Oakes
Georgia Evans Wyatt, Stuart Oakes, Floyd Oakes, Betty Oakes, Daniel Mohr, Michael Mohr, Jay Rufner, Bill Wyatt
Lucas Thompson, Ida & Christian Oakes, Gabe Ables
David, Jennifer Ables, Olivia Oakes, Amanda Rester