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Sandra DuBose Oxford

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Sandra DuBose Oxford

Thu, 06/15/2017 - 12:03 pm
Sandra DuBose Oxford passed on to the Lord peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn., after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Thomasville, Ga. on June 3, 1939, to the late Sam and Ethel Ingram DuBose. She graduated from Waycross High School and the University of Georgia where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from the University of Georgia. She was a member of the Association for Education of Children Under Six. She was a special education teacher and taught in the public school system in Glennville, Ga.; Americus, Ga.; and in New Jersey and Texas. She was a former member and Sunday school superintendent of Grapevine First Presbyterian Church in Grapevine. At her death, she was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Silva, N.C. She was a Sunday school teacher for k-2 for 30 years. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed growing herbs. She was a member and past president of the Greater Fort Worth Herb Society Garden Club. Her family was the center of her life. Survivors include her husband, Tillman Douglas Oxford Jr.; her son, Tillman Douglas “Trey” Oxford III, of Jacksonville, Fla.; her sister, Dale DuBose James and her husband, Don of Blackshear, Ga.; her nieces, Harriet James Melvin and her husband, Brett of Alexandria, Va., and Anne James Hardell and her husband, Robert of Watkinsville, Ga.; two great nieces and three great nephews. A graveside celebration of her life will be held 2 p.m., Monday, June 19, at Oakland Cemetery in Waycross, Ga. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Breast Cancer Research, 60 East 56th Street 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022 or to a charity of one’s choice. Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at milesodumfuneralhome.com. Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.