Obituary of William Horace Oakland
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Dr. William "Bill" Horace Oakland, age 68, of Beech Mountain and Diamondhead, Mississippi, died Monday evening at home.
Surviving are his wife Joyce Bennett Oakland; one son, William Henry Oakland, II and wife Belinda Lee Oakland of Diamondhead, Mississipi; one daughter, Donna Beatrice Tillman and husband David of Columbia, Maryland; and three grandsons: William Henry Oaklnad, Lelond Henry Oakland and Patrick Henry Oakland.
Funeral services for Dr. william "Bill" Horace Oakland will be conducted Saturday at noon at the Byron Hafey Ratell Funeral Home Chapel in Springfield, Mass. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 o'clock until noon at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Adams Cemetery in Wilbraham, MA.
The family respectfully requests no flowers and suggests memorials to the Seby B. Jones Cancer Center, PO Box 2570, Boone, NC 28607 or to the Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary, 210 Grassy Creek Road, Beech Mountain, NC 28604.
Locally the family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5 until 7 o'clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home.