Jane "Sissy" Oakes Seal

Jane “Sissy” Oakes Seal, 81, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 21, 2024. She was born on January 2, 1943, and was a lifelong resident of Paytes in Spotsylvania County and was educated in the public schools.

Sissy was a loving and devoted wife, sister, aunt, and friend to many. She enjoyed and had a talent for gardening. Her yard was full of beautiful, flowering shrubs and plants, and Sissy happily shared vegetables from her garden with family and friends. When not tending her gardens, Sissy paid exceptional attention inside her home and was known as the “Queen of Cleaning.”

Sissy was a member of Craigs Baptist Church and enjoyed gospel music. She was often in attendance at local and regional gospel concerts and enjoyed traveling with family and friends.

She is survived by her brother, Chester Oakes; sisters Frances Oakes Rose (Roy) and Martha Oakes Dismutes; eight nephews; seven nieces; numerous great-nephews and -nieces; a host of cousins; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Seal; parents Elsie Oakes Snellings and Luther Elmer Oakes; and brothers Roger, Elmer, and Milton.

A service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Cancer Society for breast cancer research.