Edna Beatrice Wesson Oakley

Edna Beatrice Wesson Oakley, 95, of Chesapeake, went to be with the Lord, October 15, 2021. Beatrice was born August 27, 1926 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama to the late Fred Madison Wesson and Edna Lou Ennis Wesson. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years Harry Thomas Oakley. Bea was also predeceased by five brothers; Robert, Chester, Hubert, Edward, Marion and a sister, Margaret.

After graduating from Tallapoosa High School in 1944 Bea went to Georgia to work in a cotton mill. She would run the spun cotton onto bobbing. She kept six spools running at the same time. She then worked at Tom’s Foods as a mechanic and lubrication specialist on the conveyor lines.