Everett Oaks Sr.

Everett David "Ted" Oaks, Sr., was born November 24, 1928 in Bernice, Louisiana, Union Parrish to Henry and Maude (Stivers) Oaks. He passed away on Monday at home in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He finished the eighth grade in Bernice, Louisiana. He relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 1944, where he worked for National Harvestor. After World War II he moved to Houston, Texas where he joined the Army Air Corp in 1947, after basic training and electrical school, he was moved to Berlin, Germany for the Berlin Airlift to help in the off loading of the cargo aircraft which allowed the city of Berlin to survive. After the airlift, he was sent with a nine man team to Tripoli, Libya to reopen a bombed out base, where he established the electrical grid. While in Tripoli, the nation of Israel was formed by the United Nations and police action was enforced because of military/terrorist uprising. In 1950, he was sent to Seattle, Washington in charge of a generator site that operated the first early warning radar on the west coast. In 1951, after discharge was stopped due to the Korean War, he relocated the generators with his men to Seoul, Korea; they delivered the generators for the radar to a mountain top in Korea. He was then ordered back to Seattle where he trained new electricians until his discharge in 1952. He moved to Bakersfield, California where he met his wife, Jeweldean Evans. They were married in April of 1952. He worked for Sears and Roebucks while he started his family, later working for Hartman Concrete as a driver and teamster for 20 years. He started his own business, Oak's Appliance and Refrigeration in 1969 until 1975 when he moved to Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He worked a short time for Melton's Appliance and Air Conditioning, before starting his own business again, working the Grand Lake area, until he retired. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August, 2, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Blue Springs Church with Reverends Lorne Beck and Loyd Boney officiating. His grandchildren will serve as casket bearers. Interment will be in the Spavinaw-Strang Cemetery in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. The family will receive friends and family at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. To leave a personal message to his family, please see his web memorial at www.shipmansfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the direction of Shipman's Funeral Cremation Service. Ted is survived by four children, one daughter, Marla Jones of Brawley, CA; sons, Curtis Oaks of Abbottsford, British Columbia, Everett David "Dave" Oaks Jr. of Spavinaw, OK and Michael Oaks of Enid, OK; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren; one brother, William Alfred "Bill" Oaks of Mayfield, KY and one sister, Vera "Jeannie" Ford of Idaho; many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; five brothers and six sisters.

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