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	Millard V. Oakley Millard V. Oakley is a leading advocate of education in Tennessee and strongly believes that quality education is vital to our region – he believes that education creates jobs, helps our economy, and ultimately raises the quality of life for everyone. Mr. Oakley is a successful businessman and a shareholder of First National Bank of Tennessee; serves on the board of directors for Thomas Nelson Publishers and owns a radio station in Livingston, Tennessee. Mr. Oakley is a native of the Upper Cumberland region and has served in the State Legislature as general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Small Business and as Tennessee’s state insurance commissioner. Mr. Oakley would like to see everybody who wants an education to be provided one. A group of friends have chosen to honor Mr. Oakley’s commitment to higher education at Tennessee Technological University by establishing the Millard V. Oakley Scholarship. Millard passed away in April 2022. His wife, J. J. Oakley, passed away in November 2023. Their granddaughter, Kendall Phillips, continues to receive updates about the scholarship.

Millard V. Oakley

Millard V. Oakley is a leading advocate of education in Tennessee and strongly believes that quality education is vital to our region – he believes that education creates jobs, helps our economy, and ultimately raises the quality of life for everyone. Mr. Oakley is a successful businessman and a shareholder of First National Bank of Tennessee; serves on the board of directors for Thomas Nelson Publishers and owns a radio station in Livingston, Tennessee. Mr. Oakley is a native of the Upper Cumberland region and has served in the State Legislature as general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Small Business and as Tennessee’s state insurance commissioner. Mr. Oakley would like to see everybody who wants an education to be provided one. A group of friends have chosen to honor Mr. Oakley’s commitment to higher education at Tennessee Technological University by establishing the Millard V. Oakley Scholarship.

Millard passed away in April 2022. His wife, J. J. Oakley, passed away in November 2023. Their granddaughter, Kendall Phillips, continues to receive updates about the scholarship.