Furneral services for Mrs. Delia Grace Akers, 64, of Dublin, who died Sunday at Radford hospital were held today at 2:30 p.m. from Dublin Methodist Church. The Rev. Dean M. Neese officiated at the services. Interment followed in Newbern cemetery. She is survived by her husband, John Dillard Akers; five sons, Massie Akers, Marion; Archie, Orville, Mack and Jimmy Akers, Dublin; and five daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cowley and Mrs. Ruby Davis, Pearisburg; Miss Kate Akers and Mrs. Bertha Hancock, Marion; and Mrs. Inez Turpin, Dublin. Also, two brothers, Glenn Roope, Radford; Harry Roope, Christiansburg; four half-brothers, Edward, Willie and Raymond Roope, Radford; and John Roope, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Wimmer, Big Four, WV; and Mrs. Minnie Harrell, Poplar Hill, and 18 grandchildren. Also, three half-sisters, Mrs. Nellie Hill and Mrs. Eloise Hill, Pulaski, and Mrs. Cecil Simpkins, Dublin.
Furneral services for Mrs. Delia Grace Akers, 64, of Dublin, who died Sunday at Radford hospital were held today at 2:30 p.m. from Dublin Methodist Church. The Rev. Dean M. Neese officiated at the services. Interment followed in Newbern cemetery. She is survived by her husband, John Dillard Akers; five sons, Massie Akers, Marion; Archie, Orville, Mack and Jimmy Akers, Dublin; and five daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cowley and Mrs. Ruby Davis, Pearisburg; Miss Kate Akers and Mrs. Bertha Hancock, Marion; and Mrs. Inez Turpin, Dublin. Also, two brothers, Glenn Roope, Radford; Harry Roope, Christiansburg; four half-brothers, Edward, Willie and Raymond Roope, Radford; and John Roope, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Wimmer, Big Four, WV; and Mrs. Minnie Harrell, Poplar Hill, and 18 grandchildren. Also, three half-sisters, Mrs. Nellie Hill and Mrs. Eloise Hill, Pulaski, and Mrs. Cecil Simpkins, Dublin.
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