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Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - February 22, 1995
Deceased Name: MR. ALLEN E. AKERS
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- Mr. Allen Edwin Akers, 82, of 1 Cedar St.,
died Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Mr. Akers was a native of Roa noke Rapids and was a World War II
Navy veteran. He was a past member of the board of directors of
the Roanoke Rapids Savings & Loan Association; past president of
the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club; past chairman of the board of
trustees of Halifax Community College; recipient of the
Distinguished Service Award from the Roanoke Lions Club;
recipient of Roanoke Exchange Club's Golden Deeds Award; member
of the Halifax Community College Foundation; served as a Roanoke
Rapids city councilman; and chairman of the Roanoke Canal
Commission.
Before retiring, Mr. Akers was the division industrial relations
director for J.P. Stevens & Co.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at First
United Methodist Church by the Rev. Dr. Billy F. Seate. Burial
will be in Cedarwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esther Pridgen Akers; a son, Dr.
Richard E. Akers of Gastonia; a daughter, Mrs. Ivy A. Sinaiko of
Alexandria, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Brown of Roanoke
Rapids; a brother, Mr. S. Henry Akers of Roanoke Rapids; five
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at
Wrenn Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box
277, Roanoke Rapids 27870; to the Roanoke Canal Commission, P.O.
Box 38, Roanoke Rapids 27870; or to the Halifax Community
College Foundation, P.O. Drawer 89, Weldon 27890.
Most of my family members came from St. Francois County,
Missouri. Others came from Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Germany. If you would like to
contribute a photo, please email me at:
rebecca@digginforroots.com.
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