City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation
Obituary
Vickie Presnell
Raleigh, North Carolina
Age 74.
Died 08/18/2024.
Vickie is survived by her loving and devoted husband Larry Presnell, daughter Megan Presnell, son-in-law JD Anderson, and the light of her life, grandchildren Amelia and Jack Finn and her granddog Rocky. As well as by her nieces Karen Petersen Axford, Jennifer Bradford Telles and nephews Tommy Bradford Junior, and Brian Petersen. She is also survived by her great nieces Brawley Davis, Dottie Davis, Eleanor Davis, Berklee Axford, and Kelsee Axford as well as her great nephew Drake Davis.
Vickie attended Meredith College while Larry attended NC State. Larry’s need for a date and Vickie’s need for a ride home to Fayetteville led to a courtship that resulted in marriage in their junior year that lasted 54 years. That is when Vickie’s love for NC State athletics began. She loved all State athletics, but especially football, basketball, baseball and wrestling, having attended a multitude of games.
Vickie’s career began as a secretary at Fort Bragg and progressed to being a Contracting Officer with the Department of the Army in St. Louis, MO and Edgewood, MD and then a Project Officer at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air Quality at Research Triangle Park. After her retirement in 2006 she began volunteering with The Flower Shuttle serving as President among other duties.
Vickie loved spending time in Avon on Hatteras Island. She enjoyed sitting on the beach for hours at ramp 38, watching the people at The Point, taking the grandchildren to ramp 49, parking on ramp 55 with a hot cup of soup from Village Red and White on a cold winter’s day while watching the ocean, taking her bicycle to Ocracoke, and walking on the beach everywhere.
All that paled in comparison to the joy she felt playing with her grandchildren Amelia and Jack Finn. When it came time to make the tough decisions about her healthcare, she chose quantity of time rather than quality of life, so that she could spend more time with her grandchildren.
Vickie was an avid bridge player from the time her mother taught her as a young girl until recently. She played regularly with her friends from high school and the two bridge clubs that she belonged to.
Vickie was a true southern lady. She liked everyone and everyone liked her. The nurses in the chemotherapy infusion room looked forward to Vickie’s appointments as they said she brightened up the room. And that is a tough room to brighten.
In accordance with her wishes, there will not be a funeral service but instead there will be a celebration of life in the near future.
For additional information or for service details, please reach out to the family directly.
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City of Oaks Cremation and Funeral Home is a full-service funeral home in Raleigh, serving all of North Carolina and beyond. We provide an alternative to costly funeral homes and every day we help families in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and all over North Carolina make simple, affordable funeral arrangements.
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Apples to Apples
Just like all other licensed funeral homes in North Carolina, City of Oaks Cremation, LLC is regulated by the NC Board of Funeral Service.
The same laws that apply to the big corporate funeral homes also apply to the modest independently owned firms like ours. All crematories in North Carolina, regardless of who owns them, are inspected annually by the state and must adhere to the same rules and laws.
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Our Funeral Home is located in Wake County NC; however, we provide our services to families throughout the entire State.
Unlike other funeral homes, we don't charge an additional mileage fee. Regardless of what county you live in, we can help your family with making simple, affordable funeral arrangements. From Asheville to Wilmington, we're proud to help families statewide.
Our Services
$1196.75
Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. We include everything you need for a simple or direct cremation. Simple, affordable and reliable. We have not changed the cost of our direct cremation service since we opened City of Oaks in 2012.
$2875.66
We offer the option of choosing how you receive your loved ones remains. Selecting our Direct Cremation with Solidified Remains option is a beautiful way to transform cremated remains into 40-60 “stones” that you can hold.
$1917.84
City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremation provides an affordable cremation option with onsite visitation. Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. Simple, affordable and reliable.
$2497.50
An immediate burial has the same end result as a traditional burial; however, we have eliminated the extra (sometimes unnecessary) services prior to getting to the cemetery. Not everyone wants an open casket for viewing or a limousine for the family. Despite the term immediate, we can move as fast as you need or as slow as you like. This option simply allows you to save money by eliminating some of the fancy extras at the funeral home.
$6081.48
We offer the same traditional funeral services as the big corporately owned funeral homes in the area; however, we cost about half the amount. You might consider a traditional funeral service if your family is looking for an open casket visitation, a traditional church service or a funeral service in the funeral home's chapel. A traditional funeral service can be altered to fit the needs of your family.
$3033.75
This establishment is one of a select number of funeral homes who meet the criteria for providing green funeral service by the Green Burial Council; a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally sustainability in the field of funeral service. Our Green options allow for a funeral to take place without the use of toxic and non-biodegradable materials/chemicals.
$2640.59
As an alternative to traditional cremation, City of Oaks Funeral Home also offers Aquamation. The Aquamation process, often referred to as alkaline hydrolysis, uses a solution of water and potassium hydroxide to facilitate natural decomposition.