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Amanda Dell <I>Shrewsbury</I> Akers

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Amanda Dell Shrewsbury Akers

Birth
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death
30 May 1998 (aged 84)
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Spanishburg, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
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Amanda Dell Akers, 84, of Sharpe’s Turn Road near Princeton, a former resident of Sophia, died Saturday, May 30, 1998, at her residence. Born June 5, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Washington and Birdie Florence Basham Shrewsbury.
She was a retired inspector for Amphenol Corp. in Cicero, Ill. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sophia and most recently attended Ashworth Regular Baptist Church in Princeton. She lived in Sophia 20 years before moving to Illinois. She returned to Princeton in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Janice Browning of Woodridge, Ill., and Vanice Gogar and her husband, Shaz, of West Chester, Ill; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Wardie Shrewsbury of Princeton; three sisters, Iris McGinnis and her husband, Dayton, Noma Lilly and her husband, John, and Maudie McKinney, all of Princeton.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 1998, at the George W. Seaver Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with Pastor Larry Bailey officiating. Burial will follow in the Bowling Cemetery in Spanishburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Amanda Dell Akers, 84, of Sharpe’s Turn Road near Princeton, a former resident of Sophia, died Saturday, May 30, 1998, at her residence. Born June 5, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Washington and Birdie Florence Basham Shrewsbury.
She was a retired inspector for Amphenol Corp. in Cicero, Ill. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sophia and most recently attended Ashworth Regular Baptist Church in Princeton. She lived in Sophia 20 years before moving to Illinois. She returned to Princeton in 1996.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Janice Browning of Woodridge, Ill., and Vanice Gogar and her husband, Shaz, of West Chester, Ill; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Wardie Shrewsbury of Princeton; three sisters, Iris McGinnis and her husband, Dayton, Noma Lilly and her husband, John, and Maudie McKinney, all of Princeton.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 1998, at the George W. Seaver Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with Pastor Larry Bailey officiating. Burial will follow in the Bowling Cemetery in Spanishburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today.

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  • Added: Sep 1, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202621170/amanda_dell-akers: accessed ), memorial page for Amanda Dell Shrewsbury Akers (5 Jun 1913–30 May 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202621170, citing Bowling Cemetery, Spanishburg, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by wvguy (contributor 49085577).