Longtime Upper Cumberland lawyer, business man and philanthropist Millard Oakley died Thursday morning. Oakley was 91.
Oakley graduated from Livingston Academy in 1947. Oakley graduated from Cumberland University Law School in 1951 and began practicing law. He worked in his Main Street law office most days into his 90s.
He served in the state legislature, was General Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Small Business, and became the state Insurance Commissioner.
Oakley often said his first job in business was shining shoes on the downtown streets of Livingston. He was involved in numerous business projects including ownership of WLIV Radio until two years ago.
Oakley’s named adorned the Overton County Library he helped fund as well as the new county services building in Livingston.
Recently, he gave Cumberland University the largest donation in the school’s history. The $5 million gift includes the naming of the School of Humanities, Education and the Arts.
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