Born April 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Moses "Mose" Adkins Sr. (1904-1952) and Ida Jane Farley-Adkins (1900-1988). In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Denny Adkins (1938-1940), Herbert Adkins (1928-2002) and Rodney Adkins (1932-2000).
Survivors include his loving wife of 60 years, Vida Laxton-Adkins (B. 1934) whom he married on September 10, 1949 in Pineville, Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1949, Page 166, Application Date: September 3, 1949); three sons, Larry Adkins & wife Lorraine Adkins of Jasper, AL, Kenny Adkins & wife Deanna Adkins of Matheny and Thomas "Tommy" D. Adkins (1958-2019) and his wife Connie Adkins of Matheny; two daughters, Betty Adkins-Walker & husband Raymond Adkins of Keyrock and Pamela Adkins-McCoy & husband Russell McCoy of Keyrock; three sisters, Ruby Adkins-Shumate (1925-2010) of Keyrock and Arlene "Pansy" Adkins-Shumate (1931-2012) and Dorothy Adkins, both of Oceana; three brothers, Woodrow "Bud" Adkins, Jimmy Adkins and Bobby Joe Adkins, all of Keyrock; ten grandchildren, Keith Walker & wife Angel Walker of Madison, NC, Brian Walker & wife Bridgette Walker of Keyrock, Dawn Morgan & husband William Morgan of Kernersville, NC, Adam McCoy & wife Nicki McCoy of Mt. Sterling, KY, Jared Adkins of Atlanta, GA, Brent Adkins of Jasper, AL, Cheryl Weldy & husband Stan Weldy of Calera, AL, Crystal Adkins of Keyrock, Jason Adkins of Matheny, and Brittany Shrewsbury of Matheny; and ten great-grandchildren, Emily Walker, Tyler Walker, Alexis Walker, Brooklyn Walker, Dawson Walker, Evan Morgan, Livingston Privett, Riley McCoy, Jenna Weldy and Baylor Weldy.
A celebration of Moses' life will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Saulsville Old Regular Baptist Church with Elder Russell McCoy and Mr. Raymond Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny.
Born April 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Moses "Mose" Adkins Sr. (1904-1952) and Ida Jane Farley-Adkins (1900-1988). In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Denny Adkins (1938-1940), Herbert Adkins (1928-2002) and Rodney Adkins (1932-2000).
Survivors include his loving wife of 60 years, Vida Laxton-Adkins (B. 1934) whom he married on September 10, 1949 in Pineville, Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1949, Page 166, Application Date: September 3, 1949); three sons, Larry Adkins & wife Lorraine Adkins of Jasper, AL, Kenny Adkins & wife Deanna Adkins of Matheny and Thomas "Tommy" D. Adkins (1958-2019) and his wife Connie Adkins of Matheny; two daughters, Betty Adkins-Walker & husband Raymond Adkins of Keyrock and Pamela Adkins-McCoy & husband Russell McCoy of Keyrock; three sisters, Ruby Adkins-Shumate (1925-2010) of Keyrock and Arlene "Pansy" Adkins-Shumate (1931-2012) and Dorothy Adkins, both of Oceana; three brothers, Woodrow "Bud" Adkins, Jimmy Adkins and Bobby Joe Adkins, all of Keyrock; ten grandchildren, Keith Walker & wife Angel Walker of Madison, NC, Brian Walker & wife Bridgette Walker of Keyrock, Dawn Morgan & husband William Morgan of Kernersville, NC, Adam McCoy & wife Nicki McCoy of Mt. Sterling, KY, Jared Adkins of Atlanta, GA, Brent Adkins of Jasper, AL, Cheryl Weldy & husband Stan Weldy of Calera, AL, Crystal Adkins of Keyrock, Jason Adkins of Matheny, and Brittany Shrewsbury of Matheny; and ten great-grandchildren, Emily Walker, Tyler Walker, Alexis Walker, Brooklyn Walker, Dawson Walker, Evan Morgan, Livingston Privett, Riley McCoy, Jenna Weldy and Baylor Weldy.
A celebration of Moses' life will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Saulsville Old Regular Baptist Church with Elder Russell McCoy and Mr. Raymond Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny.
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