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Oren Hershel Adkins

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Oren Hershel Adkins

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
23 Jan 2022 (aged 75)
Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Oren Hershel Adkins
Warm Springs Resident Was Former Head Custodian With The Bath County School System
Oren Hershel Adkins, 75, of Warm Springs, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Bath Community Hospital.

He was born June 22, 1946 in West Virginia, the son of the late Oren Weldon Adkins and Ruby Ann Wickline Adkins.

He was married to the late Virginia Carol McManamay Adkins who passed away on January 10, 2022.

Hershel retired from the Bath County School System as the Head Custodian with 45 years of service.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in Germany during the Vietnam War.

He was an avid sports fan who enjoyed watching his granddaughter, Kassedi, play basketball, softball and soccer as well as the Bath County High School sport teams. He loved the Washington Redskins, the New York Yankees, and the Atlanta Braves.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother.

He is survived by two children, Jennifer Lynn Adkins and special friend, Boyd Mundy of Covington, Virginia, Jerry Lane Adkins of Roanoke, Virginia; a granddaughter, Kassedi Estes of Richmond, Virginia; a brother, Jimmie Adkins of Hot Springs; special uncle, Junior Wickline and wife, Nellie of West Virginia; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by an infant sister.

A double funeral service for both him and his wife, Carol will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 30, 2022 at McLaughlin & Young Funeral Home with Pastor David George officiating. Interment will be later in Warm Springs Cemetery.
Oren Hershel Adkins
Warm Springs Resident Was Former Head Custodian With The Bath County School System
Oren Hershel Adkins, 75, of Warm Springs, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Bath Community Hospital.

He was born June 22, 1946 in West Virginia, the son of the late Oren Weldon Adkins and Ruby Ann Wickline Adkins.

He was married to the late Virginia Carol McManamay Adkins who passed away on January 10, 2022.

Hershel retired from the Bath County School System as the Head Custodian with 45 years of service.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in Germany during the Vietnam War.

He was an avid sports fan who enjoyed watching his granddaughter, Kassedi, play basketball, softball and soccer as well as the Bath County High School sport teams. He loved the Washington Redskins, the New York Yankees, and the Atlanta Braves.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother.

He is survived by two children, Jennifer Lynn Adkins and special friend, Boyd Mundy of Covington, Virginia, Jerry Lane Adkins of Roanoke, Virginia; a granddaughter, Kassedi Estes of Richmond, Virginia; a brother, Jimmie Adkins of Hot Springs; special uncle, Junior Wickline and wife, Nellie of West Virginia; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by an infant sister.

A double funeral service for both him and his wife, Carol will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 30, 2022 at McLaughlin & Young Funeral Home with Pastor David George officiating. Interment will be later in Warm Springs Cemetery.


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