Mary Ellen Oaks Obituary
With solemn hearts, we announce the passing of Mary Ellen Oaks (Birmingham, Alabama), whose presence will be deeply missed, having departed on November 25, 2025. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Mary Ellen farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mary Ellen is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Ocie M. Cook, Sr. and Pearl Herring Cook; and her siblings, Iona Cook Pitts, Ocie M. Cook Jr. and John W. "Doug" Cook.
She is survived by: her husband Harold Oaks; her children, Joseph Oaks (Kathy) and Jana Oaks Buckner (Brett); her grandchildren, Griffin Oaks, Katherine Buckner and Brooke Buckner; and her sister Carolyn Cook McConnell (Glenn).
