Patricia "Pat" Oakley Priddy Obituary (1929 - 2022)

DANBURY - Patricia "Pat" Oakley Priddy, 92, departed this life, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at her home. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm., Sunday, March 13, 2022, at North View Primitive Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Elder Lewis Vass officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, March 12, at Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel and other times at her home. Pat was born December 5, 1929, in Stokes County, to the late John William Oakley and Lula Erna Shelton Oakley. She was a member of North View Primitive Baptist Church and had been a member of the Danbury Fire Department's Ladies Auxiliary since 1967. She was the owner of Priddy's General Store. She attended Sandy Ridge High School and was a member of the first class of 12 years. She also played basketball for the Sandy Ridge Bulldogs and after graduation went on to play for the Hanes Hosiery AAU Southern Textile League for one year in 1949. She was employed by Hanes Hosiery in Winston Salem, NC for that year as well. She went on to work for the next ten years for Spencer's in Stuart, VA as a seamstress making baby clothes. Pat married the love of her life, J. Elwood Priddy, on January 2, 1958. She and Elwood took over Priddy's General Store in 1960 and worked many hard and long hours until her death. She loved attending and serving her church, growing flowers, gardening, canning, sewing, bird watching, and spending time with her family. She was also an amazing cook and loved cooking for her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Elwood Priddy; brothers; Fletcher, Noel, and Russell Oakley; and sisters, Lottie DeShazo and Laura Lawrence. Survivors include her daughters, Joan Priddy-Southern (Tim), Jane Priddy Charleville (Lee), and Amy Priddy (Steve); a sister, Earlene Rhodes; grandchildren, Emily Frye (Jeff), Elizabeth York (Christopher), John-Luke Charleville, Lauren Wilson (Ryan), and Paul-Michael Charleville; great-grandchildren, Adam McMiIlian, Noah McMillian, Carter Frye, Emery Frye, and Gracie-Mae Frye, Leah York and Lydia York; special caregiver, Janice Minor, and many nieces and nephews whom she loved.. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to North View Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Tammie Lawson, 1572 North View Church Rd, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046. Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel in Sandy Ridge is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net.