Sammy Oakey @fabfourfan Twitter profile

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 days

Just an 84 year old rock icon doing jumping jacks at the end of his concert! Ringo was sensational tonight!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 days

I’ve seen Ringo Starr about 25 times since 1989 and he looks better now than he did 35 years ago! Voice sounds great, drumming is superior, and his energy level is like an Olympian!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Been thinking a lot about the nicest man on earth, @stan_sdcollins , since his next-to-last dog passed away two days ago. The man loves people, nature, and all God's creatures. The world needs more Stans.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Extremely challenging and depressing for myself and our entire staff to walk into work every morning and see not one, but multiple new COVID deaths that occurred overnight. I've worked here for 44 years and have never seen such a tragedy.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

6 years

Was just literally dragged from my church pew by a lady who took me outside to where her friend was in a car. Friend’s son ODed yesterday and a funeral home refused them services due to no money. Proud to work for a firm that’s never turned away anybody. We’ll take care of them.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

5 years

The kindest man in the universe. His tweets are full of nature’s beauty and gentleness. The world needs more Stan Collins’!

Stan Collins

@stan_sdcollins

5 years

At some point every day I have to go home and take the two dogs for their little drive around town. It makes them feel like they got to go somewhere that day and they both love going in the car.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 days

OK, just ONE more: someone handed Ringo a “Ringo for President in ‘24” poster that he held aloft for everyone to see! Unfortunately, I didn’t snap a picture quickly enough . . . .

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Big news today, as young Sam popped the question to Allison! Even bigger news is that she said “Yes”! She’s an incredible gal who makes my son very happy!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Got my @opry tickets three months ago and had no idea who would be performing Saturday night. We get to see Carrie Underwood!!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

7 years

Hey @united , we would fire an employee of our funeral home if they handled a DEAD body as roughly as you had a live one carried.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

@stan_sdcollins @joellemac I hope you reconsider, Stan, as I love those photos of Jersey in the car and can always tell that they were safely taken. What a shame to let one busybody ruin such innocent fun for thousands of good people.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

At last, The President’s Cup is in Roanoke for the next year! Owners Jamie (left) and Bob McGinn were on hand for all the festivities!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

10 days

@Bad_Coconuts Everyone used to think that Cher would outlive us all, but I’m voting for Ringo!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Emmylou Harris looks and sounds incredible! The @opry is gonna be awesome tonight!

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@fabfourfan

2 years

Well, I didn’t think @Roanoker could top their last cover, which had the @RailYardDawgs head coach on it. But I just saw the new one, and I gotta say it’s their best one ever!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

My son the smartass said that the reason tonight’s band is called ‘Air Supply’ is that everyone in attendance will be on supplemental oxygen.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

I still hate snow, but it made for a pretty gorgeous pre-sunrise this morning, as seen from the roof of our downtown chapel.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

Nobody told me that picking up the Cup was against the rules, and the security guard in charge of it got very pissed that I hoisted it off the table! I’ll probably be banned from attending games next season!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

7 years

Those wild ponies around Mount Rogers? They’re really there! Incredibly beautiful and docile creatures. Probably the highlight of my hike!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Insisted all I wanted for my birthday was a new birdbath, but my family still found a way to surprise me! #OnMyWayToWork

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

10 days

@TheGoodLife70 He’s awesome, and puts on a fantastic show! Not only is Ringo amazing, but his All Starr Band is pretty darn good, too!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

And here’s the guy who scored the game winning goal in overtime to win it all for the @RailYardDawgs , Mac Jansen! I told him how much this championship meant to fans like me after 36 years without one.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Really great news from my sister, whose husband has been battling stomach cancer for the past year. After many months of chemo, not being able to eat solids, and a stomach reconstruction surgery at UVA yesterday, he’s doing fantastic! 🙏🏻

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Was just giving Ragnar his midday walk and we ran into @WDBJ7 ’s own @jdashiell in front of the municipal building! Joe, in between city council meetings, is who I consider to be the region’s best TV reporter in the past half century!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Whoa!! I teased Sam for leaving town with Ragnar at 3:45 AM today, but he sure got some awesome results! This is from Sharp Top at the Peaks of Otter.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

I’m getting to the age where I live vicariously thru my son’s exploits. This morning, he and Ragnar hiked to McAfee’s Knob so they could watch the sunrise!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Meeting with a reporter from @WDBJ7 this morning to chat about the ill veteran who wants his casket painted up like a pack of Juicy Fruit. Great news: the President of Wrigley's is now giving permission for it to happen!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

This beloved brick has set in my office for over 20 years now, and reminds me of the magic I felt every time I descended those steps. Happy 64th, @cavernliverpool ! I’ll be back when the virus retreats!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Update on the story about the WW II veteran who wants his casket to be painted up like a pack of Juicy Fruit when he dies: a delivery truck just unloaded boxes containing 250 packs of Juicy Fruit gum for the family! And the vet is doing better!!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Got that yellow cake with chocolate icing I’ve been craving since my last birthday! Super evening with good food and great friends!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Today is Ragnar’s sixth birthday, and each year we arrange with Roanoke Catholic School to celebrate by taking Rags to the lower school there and letting the kids interact with him. Happiness all around!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

I’m definitely not some kinda hockey groupie, but when veteran @RailYardDawgs player Travis Armstrong and his family end up sitting only two tables away from you at Golden Coral, ya gotta say ‘hey’ to him!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Took this from Harkrader Park on my way to work!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

5 years

I work with a guy who’s a diehard Redskins AND Hokies fan. He’s more lifeless today than some of our clients.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

As fun as the party was tonight, how sad was it to leave the house and see Ragnar staring out the window with a candle next to his face . . . .

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 days

@jhiattsteele I’ve been a fan since 1977, and could see an enormous and positive change in Ringo when he stopped drinking in about 1988. “Amazing” and “inspiring” are perfect adjectives for him!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

Young Sam and Allison were at the Dye’s home (the one near the top of Mill Mountain) Friday night and Nancy Dye noticed the sunset and had them get up and pose so that she could make this photograph. Glad she did!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

Oakey’s rented the Grandin Theater for our staff tonight and showed “The Wizard of Oz”! Free popcorn and soda pop, too!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

I’m at the Short Pump Mall Dillard’s in Richmond and just need ONE person to tweet me back and tell me to buy this wild shirt! If nobody does in 15 minutes, I’ll put it back on the rack.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

There's definitely been a slowdown over the past week or two in the number of COVID-19 deaths that our firm sees. A trend we'd all like to see continue.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

10 months

If you’re gonna try to park in downtown Roanoke, make sure you have a calendar and a watch with ya!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

So called “celebs” that I am sick of seeing on TMZ’s posts: Bam Margerra, Aaron Carter, and Mama June (Honey Boo Boo’s mom). All are washed up and seem to have substance abuse problems. Definitely not newsworthy.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

All this talk about ‘conjunction’ makes me think about Conjunction Junction on “Grammar Rock”. If you’ve no idea what I’m talking about, you’re under 50!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Took the dogs for a late afternoon walk, not knowing if the greenway would be clear or not. Not only was it clean as a whistle, but we were rewarded with a beautiful sunset!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 months

The bride, the groom, and their dogs! Wedding starts in one hour!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Proud of our compassion dog AND the Ukrainian flags we’re flying at our facilities.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

At 7:15 AM I walked into our downtown chapel, unlocked my office door . . . . . and encountered one of our staff sitting behind my desk, wearing a realistic gorilla mask, and shouting “BOO” at me! I would report her to our HR director, but she IS our HR director! 🙈

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Just got great news from the Roanoke City Police Department: they’ve caught the crook who did the identity theft/check forging on me a couple months ago!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Pretty sure that if everyone could work a few days in a funeral home, the value of love and the sanctity of life could be drastically reinforced.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

I’ve had a habit at hockey games for about 30 years, in that whenever we score I wave my rolled up roster pages around and around. Last night, I had no idea that a friend on the other side of the civic center was taping me!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Stan’s posts are the best on Twitter. His love of animals, his wonderful dog Jersey, and the incredible photos he takes on a daily basis brighten up every morning for me!

Stan Collins

@stan_sdcollins

2 years

A local horse leaning over the fence to say hello. I was always very partial to both horses and dogs, and never met one I did not like. Show me a cranky one and I will show you an owner who mistreats them. Who couldn’t stop long enough to pet this big friendly face.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Booked a block of rooms on Sunday night @TheHotelRoanoke for any of our staff who can’t get home in the storm. I may have inadvertently set the stage for a blowout snow party at that fine establishment!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

While attending the visitation for Dickie Horne at his funeral home in Christiansburg, a staff member pulled the firm’s 1971 Cadillac hearse beside the building. In perfect condition!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

7 years

Well, @KevinMyattWx may have his coveted Weather Roof and @WDBJ7 has their fancy Weather Deck, but Oakey’s is the only place in town with a patented third floor meteorological mortuary observatory!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

7 years

He’s finished with school! Proud to have my son receive his mortuary college diploma today. Generation #6 of our family to go into the business.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Loved, loved, LOVED tonight’s @itsMrCross concert in Rocky Mount! Forty years worth of music that sounds incredibly fresh and relevant. You can literally FEEL the passion he has for music!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

5 years

I’ve never met this dog, but have come to know and love Jersey thru this great Twitter account!

Stan Collins

@stan_sdcollins

5 years

So, now that you helped me bring in the firewood you want a ride back out to the woodshed do you. You know Jersey this was all so much easier when you used to be a 5 pound puppy years ago.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

I’m not much on hunting, but CHRISTMAS TREE HUNTING is another matter! Today was a perfect day to pick out one, too!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

While I was at work, a neighbour sent me a picture she snapped of a pregnant deer eating from a bird feeder in my backyard. I’m gonna be a grandpa! 🦌

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Mentally getting over what happened in DC last Wednesday is incredibly tough.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

All things must pass. My best friend of over 40 years, Fred “Beatle Guy of Blacksburg” died over the weekend. There’ll never be another one like him.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Was walking Ragnar downtown this morning and thought the city’s tulip bed would make a pretty good backdrop for another photograph of him!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

I’ll still subscribe to and read @roanoketimes even if their headquarters is an old gas station on 220 south. But it’s painful to watch an old friend like the paper suffering.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Had a strand of lights go bad on the tree a few nights ago, but repairs have been made and it’s shining bright again!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

No place is perfect, but I love the fact that living in southwest Virginia really reduces our chances of being crushed by a tornado, mudslide, hurricane, or wildfire. They still happen, but not very often.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

9 months

Santa delivered that digital camera (my first one ever) that I’ve been pining for! Stella may not be excited about it, but I am!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

23 days

@BooksBeatles Seen this shot a lot of times over the years, but until today I never noticed the ‘Beatle John’ picture on the floor to John’s left.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

COVID can be a pretty depressing topic to talk about, but Ashley Boles from @WDBJ7 asked great questions when she was at our main location today. She’s got a natural curiosity which serves her well as a reporter.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries! Each one is sweet and grown locally. Tim and Tiffany’s stand on the market is the place to be today!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

It’s always nice when you find out firsthand that your heroes are nice people. And Michael Learned is near the top of my list! Huge crowd at the Methodist Home to meet her today and she couldn’t have been more accommodating.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Well, our @RailYardDawgs might’ve lost tonight in overtime, but it was still an incredible season with a lot of highs. And having Eric, Hillary, Sam, and Jennifer as my puck pals in section 27 makes me feel like a champ anyway!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Ragnar made a family’s children very happy this afternoon at our downtown chapel. And to think that five years ago I said the idea of a grief therapy dog was crazy!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

When I reach the mountaintop, do I take a photo of the surrounding valley? Nope, I make Stella pose instead!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Talk about being the hands and feet of Jesus . . . . just had a pastor accompany a family in to make arrangements for their daughter, who passed away at a young age. Pastor quietly told me that his church would pay our bill in full to assist the family.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

@stan_sdcollins Stan, one reason I love your tweets so much is that they are free of hate, prejudice, venom, and politics! Your photographs are full of beauty and hope. And you won’t find a single political posting on my Twitter feed!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Just encountered a three foot long black snake in my back yard while filling up the birdbath, so I won’t be coming out of my house again until about November.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Contrary to eyewitness accounts, I didn’t actually FALL into a grave today, but I did step too close to one and my right leg dropped several feet down between the casket and the edge of the grave. Afterward, the minister said “you really throw yourself into your work”!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

Taken around 7 tonight. This rainbow ends at our South Chapel, but I couldn’t find a pot of gold anywhere!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

I thought I was a big shot years ago when I got my name in the sports section of @roanoketimes for bowling 75 pins over average. Meanwhile, Ragnar gets his mug on more magazine covers than Tom Cruise!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

As concerned as I am about the coronavirus, I'm even MORE concerned about the plague of hatred that seems to have spread across this nation.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

At work now, but rolling outta Roanoke at noon on a course for Knoxville, TN to see Sir Paul McCartney's #GotBack show tonight! Should be back home by about 4 AM Wednesday!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Just got home from the Paul McCartney show, and it’s 4 AM. Goodnight!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

This is what it looks like when entering young Sam’s office. The life of a grief support dog is obviously grueling.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

10 years

I cannot believe that Nicholas’ cell phone didn’t break! My screen cracked once on a hardwood floor! #DallasTNT

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

Ragnar just tried to pull my mask off!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 months

After all of yesterday’s rain, I figured that Falling Spring Falls in Alleghany County would really be moving the water today. I wasn’t wrong!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Hated doing it, but I knew it was time: after being a subscriber of @roanoketimes since 1978, I cancelled today. No hard feelings, but the latest rate increase brought my monthly total to over $60.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

5 months

I pray nobody can see how badly I’m stressing when I fold an American flag at the graveside, practically stroking out as to whether there’s going to be enough material left after the final fold to tuck in and make for a perfect presentation to the family.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 months

Here’s a pleasant surprise I had this morning: a local artist who lost a loved one wanted to thank me for how our firm worked with her during the arrangement process. Today, I was presented with an original Paul McCartney painting that she created! #TakeASadSongAndMakeItBetter

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

I idolized Henry Aaron as a kid and teenager. My sister knew this and got Hank to sign a copy of his autobiography for me. Years later, it’s still one of my most prized signatures.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

3 years

We took Sam and his girlfriend Allison to a cool restaurant (Heywood’s) in Lexington tonight. The building is 235 years old!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

9 years

My wonderful new pup is IN the house! Tickled pink to have Stella as part of the fam!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

1 year

I’m directing a funeral this morning that literally has only three people present. The good news is that the clergyman is still providing a dignified and comforting service for those present. Everyone deserves to have some words/music at tgeir final rites.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

11 months

My new car!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

5 years

Hey @City_of_Roanoke , I hadn’t realized it was clouding up and getting ready to rain until one of your super nice garbage truck workers knocked on my door and told me I should put my car windows up. Talk about going the extra mile!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

21 days

HUGE crowd at our East Chapel tonight to remember Mr. Buttons, who was a victim of animal cruelty. Angels of Assisi did a great job of handling the service. Lots of tears . . .

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Thanks for all the prayers and good vibes regarding my brother-in-law’s surgery from Thursday. My sister just sent me this photo and he continues to recover and get stronger. Truly a miracle from where he was ten months ago!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

6 years

I love reading about and seeing photos of Stan’s dogs!

Stan Collins

@stan_sdcollins

6 years

The rowdy bunch. They love being outdoors and barking their faces off at anything that moves on the street. Scooter may be old but he still joins in on the barking.

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

2 years

Loving how our @RailYardDawgs are putting a hurting on the bums from Knoxville tonight! Plus, @Racers3n8 got tired of seeing me twirling my program around and made me my own Dawgs towel!

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Sammy Oakey

@fabfourfan

4 years

I’m not trying to be political on here, but we’re having an increasing problem with visitors refusing to wear face masks in our funeral homes. The state mandated this rule, we’ve got signs ALL over the facilities explaining it, yet folks are increasingly telling us “no”.

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