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Elmer B. Akers

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Elmer B. Akers

Birth
Ellison, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Death
13 Oct 1957 (aged 62)
Beaver, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
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Beaver, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Elmer was a son of Samuel Jefferson & Margaret (Ellison) Akers. He married Sarah E. Thompson on Aug 31, 1924 in Shady Springs, WV.
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Funeral services for Elmer B. Akers, 62, Beaver, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Beaver Baptist Church with the Rev. Everett W. Powers officiating. Burial will be made in the Blue Jay Cemetery.
Akers died at his residence at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. A veteran of World War I, he was a mail carrier, and also was engaged in the poultry business. Akers was born at Ellison on July 1, 1895.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Thompson Akers of Beaver; one brother, Charlie Akers of Beaver; one sister, Mrs. Lula McNeil of Beaver; and one foster daughter, Mrs. Ida Belle Lilly of Nimitz.
The body will be moved to the residence at 5 p.m. today from the Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, and to the church an hour before services. Pallbearers will include: Robert Scott, Jack Rakes, Charlie Anderson, Tracy Shannon, Robert Epperly, Earl Colbaugh, Milt Dove, Henry Lilly, Lundy Green, and Will Lucas.
[Raleigh Register, Monday, Oct. 14, 1957]
Elmer was a son of Samuel Jefferson & Margaret (Ellison) Akers. He married Sarah E. Thompson on Aug 31, 1924 in Shady Springs, WV.
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Funeral services for Elmer B. Akers, 62, Beaver, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Beaver Baptist Church with the Rev. Everett W. Powers officiating. Burial will be made in the Blue Jay Cemetery.
Akers died at his residence at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. A veteran of World War I, he was a mail carrier, and also was engaged in the poultry business. Akers was born at Ellison on July 1, 1895.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Thompson Akers of Beaver; one brother, Charlie Akers of Beaver; one sister, Mrs. Lula McNeil of Beaver; and one foster daughter, Mrs. Ida Belle Lilly of Nimitz.
The body will be moved to the residence at 5 p.m. today from the Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, and to the church an hour before services. Pallbearers will include: Robert Scott, Jack Rakes, Charlie Anderson, Tracy Shannon, Robert Epperly, Earl Colbaugh, Milt Dove, Henry Lilly, Lundy Green, and Will Lucas.
[Raleigh Register, Monday, Oct. 14, 1957]

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  • Created by: JMC
  • Added: Apr 2, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107727574/elmer_b-akers: accessed ), memorial page for Elmer B. Akers (1 Jul 1895–13 Oct 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107727574, citing Blue Jay Cemetery, Beaver, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by JMC (contributor 47515648).