Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for honoring my great grandfather.

Ellen Cecil King
Great granddaughter

October 29, 2021

Rest in peace Chief of Police Oakes.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 31, 2021

Rest in peace always knowing that no passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

August 31, 2020

Thank you for this memorial page. He was my great-grandfather, and my brother, Robert Cecil posted above. Obviously, I never had the privilege of meeting him, but we share the same birthday, which has always been special to me.

Zack Cecil
Great-Grandson

June 18, 2020

We are looking for any family of Chief Oakes if you will contact the Raeford Police Department at 910-875-4251 Thank you.

Assistant Chief Ray Crumpler
Raeford Police Department

March 10, 2020

Thank each of you for your kind words. I randomly typed in my great grandfather's name, knowing that he was a police chief in Raeford, NC and killed in the line of duty. I was thrilled to see this memorial page even after so many decades. It matters!! Again, many thanks!!

Robert Cecil
Great-Grandson

May 1, 2019

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 97th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to my home state and birthplace of my son . My cherished son Larry Lasater was murdered on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

August 31, 2009

CHIEF OAKES, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

August 31, 2007

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CHOSEN PROFESSION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY.
YOU ARE A TRUE HERO..................

SINCERELY,
CPL. J.W. LOWDER
NORTH CAROLINA

CPL. J.W. LOWDER
UNION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

July 12, 2007

Chief Oaks,
It has taken almost 95 years, but you are finally being honored. I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Raeford.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

Anonymous

June 18, 2007

Chief Oakes, thank you for your services to Raeford and to The Great State Of North Carolina, RIP brother.

Pecos Police Department
Pecos, Texas.

June 18, 2007