Terry W. Oakley

OAKLEY TERRY W. OAKLEY Terry W. Oakley, 46, of Fairfax, Virginia, was placed into God's hands on August 18, 2017. Funeral Mass will be held at Ft. Myer Old Post Chapel on February 21, 2018 at 2:45 p.m. A ceremony will follow at the Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium with Military Honors. Adams-Green Funeral Home of Herndon, Virginia will be handling the funeral arrangements. Terry was born in Rochester, Pennsylvania, on July 14, 1971 and he was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith. He graduated from high school in 1989 in Knob Noster, Missouri. He joined the U.S. Army in August 1989. At the age of 19, Terry served in Operation Desert Storm and was awarded the Southwest Asia Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, the Kuwait Liberation Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. In 2007, Terry was sworn in at the U.S. State Department and worked for ten years with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security as a Program Specialist. Terry loved his job, his beautiful daughter, and his friends and family. He was a dedicated sports fan of LSU football, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals. Terry is survived by his daughter Noelle Oakley, his mother Paula Verban Davis and stepfather LtCol Bradley S. Davis, USAF, Ret., his father William Oakley, his sister Kelly Hanson and brother-in-law COL Steven G. Hanson, USA, his sister Karey Oakley, his nieces Megan Hanson, Sara Hanson, Lily Tuck, his nephew Joshua Hanson, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, World War II Purple Heart recipient, Steve Verban, his grandmother, Helen Verban, his grandfather, Allan G. Davis, his grandmother, Billie Marie Davis, his grandfather, Walter L. Oakley, and his grandmother, Katherine Manning Oakley. The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for all their support to Terry and his family. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association at: https://donatenow.heart.org or the National Desert Storm War Memorial at: http://ndswm.org/donate. http://ndswm.org/donate.