Berrien-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Akins, Ophelia Simms August 13, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 August 25, 2014, 2:17 pm The Berrien Press - August 22, 2007 Ophelia Akins, 84, of Sylvester died August 13, 2007 at Sylvester Nursing Home. Born Nov. 11, 1922 in Clinch County to the late George and Emily Akins Simms, she was a homemaker and member of Willacoochee Church of God. She was married to the late Grady Akins. Survivors include daughter and son in law, Margaret and Noah Taylor of Okeechobee, FL; three sons and two daughters in law, Donald and Glenda Akins and Terry and Jane Akins all of Sylvester, Randall Akins of Quitman; sisters, Eva Exum and Nadine Exum, both of Nashville; brothers, A.W Simms and Howard Simms, both of Macon; sever grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, five great- great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held August 16 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Lovein Funeral with Rev. Noah Edgar Taylor officiating. Pamlin Taylor and Sandy Winkler sang "This is What Heaven Means To Me" and "You Ain't Seen the Last of Me." Interment was in Bennett Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ronnie Winkler, Gary Taylor, Garrett Taylor, J.H. Exum, Zane Akins, Bucky Akins. Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/a/akins4061nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb