LETHA LORENE BELKNAP AKERS passed away on May 20,
2005. Interment was at Mission Burial Park South
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
The daughter of John and Ruda Belknap, she was born
in Carbon (Eastland County), Texas, on September 4,
1907, and grew up in Ranger, Texas. She came to San
Antonio in 1936 & worked for J. C. Penny's, retiring
in 1972. She married in 1941 and a year later gave
birth to her son Joseph William (Billy), who preceded
her in death in 1992. She also was preceded in death
by her parents and oldest brother, Melvin Belknap
(RHS-1930) and his wife Lora of North Little Rock,
Arkansas, and brothers-in-law A.G. Parrack and O.J.
Hans. She loved making and teaching ceramics, and
for the last few years had been a favorite resident
of Blanco Villa Nursing Home, always ready with a
song or funny quip.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Akers was survived
by brother, J. T. Belknap (RHS-1931) and wife Inez
(RHS-1936) of Killeen, Texas; sisters, Veda Parrack
(RHS-1934) of Salem, Missouri; Jo Hans of San Antonio;
Norma Jetton & husband Kenneth of Clovis, New Mexico;
and Delpha Potter and husband Bill of Gun Barrel City,
Texas. Also surviving her are her 'other children' -
numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and grand
nephews who loved her dearly.
2005. Interment was at Mission Burial Park South
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
The daughter of John and Ruda Belknap, she was born
in Carbon (Eastland County), Texas, on September 4,
1907, and grew up in Ranger, Texas. She came to San
Antonio in 1936 & worked for J. C. Penny's, retiring
in 1972. She married in 1941 and a year later gave
birth to her son Joseph William (Billy), who preceded
her in death in 1992. She also was preceded in death
by her parents and oldest brother, Melvin Belknap
(RHS-1930) and his wife Lora of North Little Rock,
Arkansas, and brothers-in-law A.G. Parrack and O.J.
Hans. She loved making and teaching ceramics, and
for the last few years had been a favorite resident
of Blanco Villa Nursing Home, always ready with a
song or funny quip.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Akers was survived
by brother, J. T. Belknap (RHS-1931) and wife Inez
(RHS-1936) of Killeen, Texas; sisters, Veda Parrack
(RHS-1934) of Salem, Missouri; Jo Hans of San Antonio;
Norma Jetton & husband Kenneth of Clovis, New Mexico;
and Delpha Potter and husband Bill of Gun Barrel City,
Texas. Also surviving her are her 'other children' -
numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and grand
nephews who loved her dearly.
LETHA LORENE BELKNAP AKERS passed away on May 20,
2005. Interment was at Mission Burial Park South
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
The daughter of John and Ruda Belknap, she was born
in Carbon (Eastland County), Texas, on September 4,
1907, and grew up in Ranger, Texas. She came to San
Antonio in 1936 & worked for J. C. Penny's, retiring
in 1972. She married in 1941 and a year later gave
birth to her son Joseph William (Billy), who preceded
her in death in 1992. She also was preceded in death
by her parents and oldest brother, Melvin Belknap
(RHS-1930) and his wife Lora of North Little Rock,
Arkansas, and brothers-in-law A.G. Parrack and O.J.
Hans. She loved making and teaching ceramics, and
for the last few years had been a favorite resident
of Blanco Villa Nursing Home, always ready with a
song or funny quip.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Akers was survived
by brother, J. T. Belknap (RHS-1931) and wife Inez
(RHS-1936) of Killeen, Texas; sisters, Veda Parrack
(RHS-1934) of Salem, Missouri; Jo Hans of San Antonio;
Norma Jetton & husband Kenneth of Clovis, New Mexico;
and Delpha Potter and husband Bill of Gun Barrel City,
Texas. Also surviving her are her 'other children' -
numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and grand
nephews who loved her dearly.
2005. Interment was at Mission Burial Park South
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
The daughter of John and Ruda Belknap, she was born
in Carbon (Eastland County), Texas, on September 4,
1907, and grew up in Ranger, Texas. She came to San
Antonio in 1936 & worked for J. C. Penny's, retiring
in 1972. She married in 1941 and a year later gave
birth to her son Joseph William (Billy), who preceded
her in death in 1992. She also was preceded in death
by her parents and oldest brother, Melvin Belknap
(RHS-1930) and his wife Lora of North Little Rock,
Arkansas, and brothers-in-law A.G. Parrack and O.J.
Hans. She loved making and teaching ceramics, and
for the last few years had been a favorite resident
of Blanco Villa Nursing Home, always ready with a
song or funny quip.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Akers was survived
by brother, J. T. Belknap (RHS-1931) and wife Inez
(RHS-1936) of Killeen, Texas; sisters, Veda Parrack
(RHS-1934) of Salem, Missouri; Jo Hans of San Antonio;
Norma Jetton & husband Kenneth of Clovis, New Mexico;
and Delpha Potter and husband Bill of Gun Barrel City,
Texas. Also surviving her are her 'other children' -
numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and grand
nephews who loved her dearly.
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