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News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - March 28, 1998
Deceased Name: SAMUEL HENRY AKERS ROANOKE RAPIDS
- Mr. Samuel Henry Akers, 79, of 636 Cedar Street, Roanoke
Rapids, N.C., died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at Wake Medical
Center, Raleigh, N.C.
A native of Roanoke Rapids, a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, and a World War II, U.S.
Army Air Corps veteran; served with the 9th Air Force Service
Command; served two years in the European Theater; and attained
the rank of major.
Mr. Akers worked for J.P. Stevens as an accountant for 33 years,
served on the board of the Roanoke Rapids, Sanitary District for
33 years, 25 years as chairman.
A member of First United Methodist Church, where he served as
chairman of the Board and held the office of treasurer for 10
years. He was also past commander of the VFW post in Roanoke
Rapids, a former member of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club, a
mason and a shriner.
Mr. Akers is survived by wife, Betty Shurett Akers; daughters,
Shurett Akers Rawlings of Rocky Mount, Mary Pat Akers Langford
of Greenville; son, Kenneth Holley Akers of Atlantic Beach,
Fla.; sister, Virginia Akers Brown of Roanoke Rapids; six
grandchildren, Kenneth Holley Akers II, Meridath Rawlings,
Holley Alers, Adams Rawlings, Patrick Rawlings, Scott Langford.
Memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Monday at The First United
Methodist Church, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., with Dr. Sam Dixon
officiating.
The family will receive at Wrenn Funeral Home Sunday from 7-8:30
p.m.
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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