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Floyd Akers

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Floyd Akers

Birth
Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri, USA
Death
25 Jul 1958 (aged 70)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9598644, Longitude: -91.6738129
Plot
Block 2 of the 4th addition
Memorial ID
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From Blytha & Donald Ellis. Jan. 2, 2021.
Mother: Minnie Towers (1871-1937)

The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sat., July 26, 1958, p. 2, col. 4
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Floyd Akers.
__Floyd Akers, 1603 Twelfth ave. SE, a Cedar Rapids resident for 14 years, died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Friday following a brief illness. He was born Oct. 2, 1887, at Brookfield, Mo.
__Surviving are 4 sons, Edward, of Trenton, Mo., Floyd, jr., of Cedar Rapids, Donald of Tucson, Ariz., and the Rev. Harley Akers of Portland, Ore.; 4 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Moody and Mrs. LeRoy Bell of Cedar Rapids, Miss Doris Akers of Los Angeles and Mrs. Paul Tillman of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Linnie Boggs of Brookfield, Mo.
__Mr. Akers was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church.
__Services: Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial: Linwood.
__Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Sunday.
From Blytha & Donald Ellis. Jan. 2, 2021.
Mother: Minnie Towers (1871-1937)

The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sat., July 26, 1958, p. 2, col. 4
[Image posted]

Floyd Akers.
__Floyd Akers, 1603 Twelfth ave. SE, a Cedar Rapids resident for 14 years, died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Friday following a brief illness. He was born Oct. 2, 1887, at Brookfield, Mo.
__Surviving are 4 sons, Edward, of Trenton, Mo., Floyd, jr., of Cedar Rapids, Donald of Tucson, Ariz., and the Rev. Harley Akers of Portland, Ore.; 4 daughters, Mrs. LeRoy Moody and Mrs. LeRoy Bell of Cedar Rapids, Miss Doris Akers of Los Angeles and Mrs. Paul Tillman of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Linnie Boggs of Brookfield, Mo.
__Mr. Akers was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church.
__Services: Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial: Linwood.
__Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Floyd Akers
July 25, 1958
Turner (mortuary)



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  • Created by: Frank
  • Added: Aug 7, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74564849/floyd-akers: accessed ), memorial page for Floyd Akers (2 Oct 1887–25 Jul 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74564849, citing Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Frank (contributor 46928403).