Obituary of Julia Irene Oglesby-Cook

Julia Irene “Rene” Oglesby Cook, age 87, of Gallatin, passed away Saturday, June 17th, 2017.  Funeral Service will be Thursday, June 29th at Lambuth United Methodist Church at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. Gene Martino officiating.  Visitation will be Thursday, June 29th at the church from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.  Interment will follow at Gallatin Cemetery.

Irene was born April 14, 1930 in Belmont, N.C.  She was the youngest daughter of the late William T. and Beulah Greene of Belmont, N.C.  She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers William T. Greene, Jr. and Oliver Pete Greene of N.C. and husbands Charles Horton Oglesby and Bobby Dean Cook.

Irene is survived by daughter, Pamela Oglesby Chambers and her husband, Gary, of San Antonio, TX, sister Micki Thompson of Gallatin, TN, sister-in-law Frances Greene of Belmont, NC. and nieces and nephews. 

While living in Gallatin, she attended First Baptist Church and then Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church.  In 2013 she moved to San Antonio, TX to live near her daughter and son-in-law.

Irene graduated from Belmont High School in 1948.  She then moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked for the Fingerprint Lab for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1949-1952.  While there, she assisted in identifying one of the F.B.I.’s Ten Most Wanted Criminals and was commended by then Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Irene was an LPN Graduate of Sumner County Memorial Hospital, now Sumner Regional Medical Center, where she worked for 27 years.  She was a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit and then was selected by the hospital administrator to be the first director of the new Cardio Graphic Testing Department which she managed until her retirement.

Special thanks and praise go out to memory care facility Bader House and CIMA Hospice in San Antonio, TX for the love, care and support provided to her and her family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church in Gallatin, TN or the Alzheimer’s Association San Antonio and South Texas Chapter.  Online condolences may be submitted at familyheritagefh.com.  Family Heritage Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.