Mel and Pat Oakes 40th Anniversary 2003

Mel and Pat Oakes were married on May 18, 2003, Mel's father's birthday. They were married in Plymouth Congregational Church in Coconut Grove, FL. Forty years later they were living in Austin, TX and celebrated the event with a party at the Austin Presbyterian Seminary. There was also a celegration at Congregational Church of Austin with church members and family.

 

Photo Album
Mel, Ann, Don and Pat at Lock Bridge Restaurant, Bristol, UK
Victor Appel and Maggie Smith
Sara Ross and Julia Deisler
Mary Sinclair and Victor Appel
Front: Tommy Pinkard, Mary Sinclair, Sharon Brown
Back Row: Florence Castle, Pat Oakes, Cathy Hubbs, Julia Deisler, Nodie Murphy, Sara Ross, Maggie Smith
Bob Winter, Supria Sarma and Gyaan Antia
Front: Sandy Heckman, Nancy Hatch, Emily Buck, Beth Oakes, Lois Winter, Jessamy Brown, Back Row: Doug Hatch, Pat Oakes, Mel Oakes, Bob Winter, Sarah Oakes, Mardie Oakes
Baltimore Quilt made by Sarah Oakes for Mel and Pat on their 40th Anniversary, 2003.
Mardie, Pat, Mel, Ethan Buck, Beth and Sarah Oakes
Beautiful bowl turned by Charles Jobe for Pat and Mel's anniversary. Mel, Pat, Charles and Donna Jobe.
John Luther, Andrea Michael, Chuck Ragland, Ron and Sybi Ward, Ed and Sandy Nichols. In back: Pat and Mel Oakes
Sandy Heckman, Dou and Nancy Hatch, Pat and Mel, Ethan and Beth Oakes, Lois and Robert Winter, Jessamy Brown, Sarah and Mardie Oakes
Front: Peter and Eva Riley, Sarah, Jake and Susan Laves
Back: Ellen ?, Ken Riley, Chris Riley, Michael and Ginny Riley, Joan Riley Laves
Sandy Heckman, Nancy Hatch, Pat and Mel Oakes, Lois and Bob Winter.
Ethan Buck
Doug and Nancy Hatch, Beth and Mardie Oakes, Floyd Oakes, Charles Jobe and his sports car.
Pat Oakes and Nancy Hatch farewell. Jessamy Brown and Mardie Oakes look on.
Floyd and Betty Oakes, Jane Keen Griffin, Mel Oakes. Dave Ross in background.
Emily Buck
Beth and Mardie Oakes in Jobe's sports car. Floyd Oakes and Charles Jobe chatting.
Lois Winter, Beth Oakes, Ethan Oakes and Sarah Oakes in mirror.
Pat Oakes, Johnny Griffin, Jane Keen Griffin, Jane and John Durbin, Mel Oakes
Emily Buck
Doug Hatch, Charles Jobe, Mel Oakes, Floyd Oakes, Donna Jobe, Nancy Hatch, Sandra Heckman
Lois Winte, Beth and Ethan Oaks, Sarah Oakes
John Luther and Andrea Michaels
Beth, Ethan and Emily
Sarah Oakes and Ethan Buck
Bob Winter, Ethan Buck, Mel Oakes
Diane Linder, Sharon Colson, Sharon's mother, Delores Du Bois, Bob and Lois Winter.
Oakes Remodeled Kitchen
Beth Oakes, Mardie Oakes, Sarah Oakes, Ethan Buck
Bob Winter, Ethan Buck, Mel Oakes
Bob and Lois Winter, Charles and Donna Jobe
Mel and Mardie Oakes
Nancy Winter Hatch
Lois and Bob Winter, Pat and Mel Oakes and grandson, Ethan Buck.
Gyaan Antia
Jehan Antia
Betty Oakes and Ethan Buck
Pat and Mel Oakes with grandson, Ethan Buck
Jane Keen Griffin, Betty Terrel Oakes, Floyd Oakes, Donald and Bettye Barnette Oakes. Firoz Antia in background.
Brothers Mel, Donald and Floyd Oakes
Floyd Oakes, Mel Oakes, Charles Jobe
Mel Oakes and grandson, Ethan Buck.
Nodie Murphy and Pat Oakes
Mel Oakes, Donald Oakes, Floyd Oakes, Johnny Griffin, Bob Winter.
Mel and Pat Oake with daughter Sarah and her wedding anniversary present she quilted.
Ethan Buck
Harry and Beth Swinney, Roger and Billie Bengtson, Ginny and John Keto, Margaret Robinson.
Mel Oakes instructing Jane Griffin in the Epley Maneuver for her vertigo.
Jessamy Brown, Nancy Hatch, Sandra Heckman, Donna Jobe, Lois Winter, Betty Oakes. Background Bob Winter and Charles Jobe. Sarah's quilt appreciation.
Supria Sarma, Jehan Antia and Mel Oakes
Mardie Oakes, Cheryl and Roy Smithers
Jane Griffin, Patricia "Tricia" Barnette Ross, Bettye Oakes, Carolyn Marie Barnette Wilkerson, Mel Oakes, Donald Oakes, Floyd Oakes and Johnny Griffin on couch.
Beth Oakes, Ethan Buck and Bettye Terrell Oakes
Sister Doris Brown Gragg and Lois Brown Winter
Florence Castle and Melanie Wilkinson
Mardie Oakes, Beth Oakes, Ethan Buck, Linda Jane Barnette, Bob Witer.
Ethan Buck
Visitin with John Gragg and Doris Brown at their retirement dining room in the Towers, San Antonio. Bob and Lois Winter and Mel Oakes
Betty and Floyd Oakes, Pat and Mel Oakes, Bettye and Donald Oakes.
Ethan Buck, Mel Oakes, Beth Oakes
Mel Oakes and Ethan Buck
Pat Oakes, Bob Winter, Mel Oakes, Lois Winter, Doris Gragg and John Gragg (seated) at Towers in San Antonio, TX.
Donald and Bettye Oakes, Floyd and Betty Oakes, Patricia "Tricia" Barnette Ross, Carolyn Marie Barnette Wilkerson, Jessamy Brown, Jane and Johnny Griffin, Mel, Mardie, Beth Oakes, Bob Winter, Ethan Buck, Lois Winter
Mardie Oakes and Ethan Buck
Sisters Lois Brown Winter and Doris Brown Gragg, Towers Apartments in San Antonio, TX.
Donald and Bettye Oakes, Floyd and Betty Oakes, Patricia "Tricia" Barnette Ross, Carolyn Marie Barnette Wilkerson, Jessamy Brown, Jane and Johnny Griffin, Pat and Mel Oakes, Beth Oakes, Bob Winter, Ethan Buck, Lois Winter
Mardie Oakes, Ethan Buck and Sancy Heckman
Mel Oakes, Doris Gragg, Bob Winter, Towers Apartments.
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Bob and Lois Winter, Jessamy Brown back, Nancy Hatch, Sandra Heckman, Doug Hatch.
Melanie Wilkinson, Sandra Heckman, Nancy Hatch, Florence Castle.
Nancy Hatch, Sandra Heckman, Lois Winter
Sarah Oakes, Beth Oakes and Mardie Oakes, their old bedroom.
Johnny and Jane Griffin, Betty and Floyd Oakes, Bettye and Donald Oakes, Patricia "Tricia" Barnette Ross, Jane Barnette, Carolyn Marie Barnette Wilkerson, Linda Jane Carpenter Barnette, Doug Barnette, Pat and Mel Oakes
Pat Oakes and her cake.
Mel Oakes and Cake.
Back: Johnny Griffin, Floyd Oakes, Donald Oakes, Mel Oakes, William Douglas Barnette, Second Row: Jane Griffin, Betty Oakes, Bettye Barnette, Carolyn Marie Barnette Wilkerson, Pat Oakes. Kneeling: Patricia "Tricia" Barnette Ross, Jane Barnette, Linda-Jane Carpenter Barnette
Sarah Ross, Susan and Pet Antoniewicz
Lily of the Valley.
Sara Ross, Ethan Buck Beth Oakes
Beth Oakes, Ethan Buck, Melanie Wilkinson, Sara Ross, Pat Oakes
Ethan Buck, Beth Oakes. Sarah Oakes, Mardie Oakes, Mel Oakes, slide show setup.
Betty Little, Sarah Oakes, Eve Riley
Beth Oakes, Ethan Buck Donna Jobe, Nandita Sarma
Howard and Margaret Marcus, Gordon and Janie Flack.
Margaret Marcus and Mardie Oakes
Sara Ross, Susan and Pete Antoniewicz
Peter Riley, Mel Oakes, Chuck Ragland
Dick Jackson, Melanie Wilkinson, Mary Sinclair
Cheryl Hazeltine and Lois Winter
Bob Winter and Sara Ross
Bob Winter, Supria Sarma, Gyaan Antia
Pat, Don Brown, John Burlinson, Sharon Brown, Kay Hopper, Ron Ward, Julia Deisler, John Durbin, Jane Durbin, Tommie Pinkard, Billie Bengtson.
John Burlinson and Sharon Brown
Roger and Billie Bengtson
Pat Oakes, Johnny Griffin, Jane Griffin, John and Jane Durbin
Mel Oakes and Ruthann Rushing
Dennis Murphy and Mel Oakes
Cheryl Hazeltine, Ethan Buck and Pat Oakes
Ginny and John Keto, Margaret Robertson
Julia Deisler, Sharon and Don Brown. In background: Lucy Nazaro and Harry Swinney.
Ben White, Rose Lancaster, Gordon and Janie Flack (members of Mel's Tennis group.
Rev. John and Eleanor Towery with Ben White, Rose Lancaster, Gordon and Janie Flack.
Bob Winter and Johnny Griffin
Dick Jackson, Mary Sinclair, Vic Appel and Maggie Smith
Cathy Hubbs, Dennis Murphy, Clark Hubbs
Vic Appel and Maggie Smith
Tommie Pinkard and Julia Deisler
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Snacks
Program underway.
Pat and Mel Oakes thanks attendees and talk about their lives together and introduce a few people.
Mardie Oakes, Dennis Murphy, Sarah Oakes, John Durbin.
Mel and Pat cake cutting.
Pat and Mel Oakes
Mel and Pat Oakes Cake sharing.
Pat and Mel

Introduction of Johnny and Jane Keen Griffin. Jane was in first through twelth grade with Mel in Mississipp. She was his girlfriend until Johnny came in third. They nether had a chance after that.

Others in photo: Chuck Ragland, Ron Ward, John Luther, Floyd and Betty Oakes. Gyann and Firoz Antia, Nodie Murphy
Johnny and Jane Griffin
Pat and Mel Oakes
Pat and Mel Oakes
Pat and Mel Oakes
Pat and Mel Oakes
Florence Castle accompanies Melanie Wilkinson's performance of "Life is a Ballgame"
Melanie Wilkinson sings "Life is a Ballgame"
Melanie Wildinson, Mel and Pat Oakes
Clark Hubbs, Mel and Pat Oakes. Congregational Church of Austin.
Lois Winter, Sandra Heckman, Pat Oakes, Nancy Hatch and baby Ethan Buck.
Anniversary Celebration at Congregational Church of Austin. Mary Sinclair and Pat Oakes cutting cake.. Vic Appel at right.
Lois Winter and daughter Pat Winter Oakes. Umlauf Gardens, Austin, TX.
Sandra Heckman and Ethan Buck
Beth Oakes and Dennis Murphy, CCoA.
Bob and Lois Winter, Umlauf Gardens, Austin, TX
Winter family: Sandra, Nancy, Pat, Mel (son-in-law) , Lois and Bob
Lois Winter, Sandra Heckman, Ethan Buck
Mel Oakes, Doug Hatch, Nancy Hatch, Ethan Buck.
Sandra Heckman, Doug and Nancy Hatch, Pat and Mel Oakes, Ethan Buck and Beth Oakes, Lois and Bob Winter, Sarah Oakes, Jessamy Brown, Mardie Oakes
Mel Oakes, Jessamy Brown, Ethan Buck
Jessamy Brown, Sandra Heckman, Mardie Oakes
Bob Winter, Pat Oakes, and Lois Winter with Mel Oakes travelled with their luggage in the VW in 1966 for a week in Italy and Austria.
Doug and Nancy Hatch, Bob and Lois Winter, Mel and Pat Oakes, Ethan Buck, Beth Oakes, Sandra Heckman
Remodeled Oakes Kitchen.
Mardie, Pat, Mel, Beth, Sarah Oakes with Ethan Buck