BOONEVILLE ‑ Gladys Hunt Akers, 86, died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville after along illness. She was born Aug. 18, 1914 in Tishomingo County to Oscar Levi Hunt and Lillie Belle Oaks Hunt. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Senior Citizens Center in Marietta and the Church of Christ. She enjoyed quilting, reading, needlepoint and word puzzles.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Bowers, Bro. Eugene Digby, Bro. Ronnie Martin and Bro. Bill Day officiating. Burial will be in Macky's Creek Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Oscar Akers and his wife, Jo Nell, of Pontotoc, Sherman Akers of Cambria, Calif., and Travis Akers and his wife, Bonnie, of Pearl; six daughters, Mary Day and her husband, Bill, of Ocean Springs, Emma Floyd of Beaver Dam, Wis., Annie Hood and her husband, Ed, of Slidell, La, Myrtle Bridges and her husband, Sam, Frances Yarber, and Janice Wheelington and her husband, Earl, all of Booneville; two sisters, Corene Kinson of Granbury, Texas, and Edith Barron of New Site; 35 grandchildren; 55 great‑grandchildren; one great‑great‑grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Akers; a son, Houston Akers; and two sisters, Madelene Barrett and Ruth Osborne
Pallbearers will be J. E. Wheelington, Josh Wheelington, Kevin Akers, Houston Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Brad Bridges and Robbie Lindsey.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Bowers, Bro. Eugene Digby, Bro. Ronnie Martin and Bro. Bill Day officiating. Burial will be in Macky's Creek Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Oscar Akers and his wife, Jo Nell, of Pontotoc, Sherman Akers of Cambria, Calif., and Travis Akers and his wife, Bonnie, of Pearl; six daughters, Mary Day and her husband, Bill, of Ocean Springs, Emma Floyd of Beaver Dam, Wis., Annie Hood and her husband, Ed, of Slidell, La, Myrtle Bridges and her husband, Sam, Frances Yarber, and Janice Wheelington and her husband, Earl, all of Booneville; two sisters, Corene Kinson of Granbury, Texas, and Edith Barron of New Site; 35 grandchildren; 55 great‑grandchildren; one great‑great‑grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Akers; a son, Houston Akers; and two sisters, Madelene Barrett and Ruth Osborne
Pallbearers will be J. E. Wheelington, Josh Wheelington, Kevin Akers, Houston Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Brad Bridges and Robbie Lindsey.
BOONEVILLE ‑ Gladys Hunt Akers, 86, died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville after along illness. She was born Aug. 18, 1914 in Tishomingo County to Oscar Levi Hunt and Lillie Belle Oaks Hunt. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Senior Citizens Center in Marietta and the Church of Christ. She enjoyed quilting, reading, needlepoint and word puzzles.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Bowers, Bro. Eugene Digby, Bro. Ronnie Martin and Bro. Bill Day officiating. Burial will be in Macky's Creek Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Oscar Akers and his wife, Jo Nell, of Pontotoc, Sherman Akers of Cambria, Calif., and Travis Akers and his wife, Bonnie, of Pearl; six daughters, Mary Day and her husband, Bill, of Ocean Springs, Emma Floyd of Beaver Dam, Wis., Annie Hood and her husband, Ed, of Slidell, La, Myrtle Bridges and her husband, Sam, Frances Yarber, and Janice Wheelington and her husband, Earl, all of Booneville; two sisters, Corene Kinson of Granbury, Texas, and Edith Barron of New Site; 35 grandchildren; 55 great‑grandchildren; one great‑great‑grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Akers; a son, Houston Akers; and two sisters, Madelene Barrett and Ruth Osborne
Pallbearers will be J. E. Wheelington, Josh Wheelington, Kevin Akers, Houston Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Brad Bridges and Robbie Lindsey.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Bowers, Bro. Eugene Digby, Bro. Ronnie Martin and Bro. Bill Day officiating. Burial will be in Macky's Creek Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Oscar Akers and his wife, Jo Nell, of Pontotoc, Sherman Akers of Cambria, Calif., and Travis Akers and his wife, Bonnie, of Pearl; six daughters, Mary Day and her husband, Bill, of Ocean Springs, Emma Floyd of Beaver Dam, Wis., Annie Hood and her husband, Ed, of Slidell, La, Myrtle Bridges and her husband, Sam, Frances Yarber, and Janice Wheelington and her husband, Earl, all of Booneville; two sisters, Corene Kinson of Granbury, Texas, and Edith Barron of New Site; 35 grandchildren; 55 great‑grandchildren; one great‑great‑grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Akers; a son, Houston Akers; and two sisters, Madelene Barrett and Ruth Osborne
Pallbearers will be J. E. Wheelington, Josh Wheelington, Kevin Akers, Houston Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Brad Bridges and Robbie Lindsey.
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