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Collis Leon Ackiss

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Collis Leon Ackiss

Birth
Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA
Death
5 Jul 1996 (aged 92)
Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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COLLIS L. ACKISS SR.
Virginian-Pilot
July 8, 1996

Collis L. Ackiss Sr., 92, died July 5, 1996, after a long illness.

A native of Princess Anne County, he was the son of the late Paul Whitehead Ackiss and Josephine Sykes Ackiss and he was the widower of Nellie M. James Ackiss.

Mr. Ackiss was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach. He was a member of the Jamestown Society, Sons of The American Revolution and the Princess Anne Masonic Lodge 25. He was retired from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Ackiss is survived by two sisters, Page A. Lobeck of Virginia Beach and Ruby A. Wrenn of Farmington Hills, Mich.; two grandsons, Richard P. Ackiss, David M. Ackiss and his wife, Nancye Ratliff Ackiss; two great-grandchildren, Holly H. Ackiss and David M. Ackiss Jr.; daughter-in-law, Betty Penn Ackiss, all of Virginia Beach; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1996 in Nimmo Church Cemetery by Dr. J. Scottie Griffin. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Laskin Road Chapel is handling arrangements.


COLLIS L. ACKISS SR.
Virginian-Pilot
July 8, 1996

Collis L. Ackiss Sr., 92, died July 5, 1996, after a long illness.

A native of Princess Anne County, he was the son of the late Paul Whitehead Ackiss and Josephine Sykes Ackiss and he was the widower of Nellie M. James Ackiss.

Mr. Ackiss was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach. He was a member of the Jamestown Society, Sons of The American Revolution and the Princess Anne Masonic Lodge 25. He was retired from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Ackiss is survived by two sisters, Page A. Lobeck of Virginia Beach and Ruby A. Wrenn of Farmington Hills, Mich.; two grandsons, Richard P. Ackiss, David M. Ackiss and his wife, Nancye Ratliff Ackiss; two great-grandchildren, Holly H. Ackiss and David M. Ackiss Jr.; daughter-in-law, Betty Penn Ackiss, all of Virginia Beach; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1996 in Nimmo Church Cemetery by Dr. J. Scottie Griffin. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Laskin Road Chapel is handling arrangements.



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"Loving Husband of Nellie McKenney James"



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  • Added: May 30, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14447764/collis_leon-ackiss: accessed ), memorial page for Collis Leon Ackiss (14 Oct 1903–5 Jul 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14447764, citing Nimmo United Methodist Church Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Kelly O (contributor 46833753).