Obit of William Vernon "Joe" Adkins
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Taken from The Elliott County News 
             January 25, 1991 
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             William J. Adkins 
             1905-1991 

                 William Vernon "Joe" Adkins, 85, of Garrison, died Saturday, Jan. 19, at 
             Scioto Memorial Hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio. 
                 Mr. Adkins was born July 22, 1905, in Elliott County, a son of the late 
             William Landford and Mattie Adkins Adkins.  His wife Mary Ann Elliott Adkins, 
             died in 1971. 
                 He was a retired farmer and heavy equipment operator for the Kentucky 
             Department of Highways. 
             Surviving are two daughters, Betty Moore of Garrison and Mrs. Claude 
             (Shirley) Wright of South Shore; two brothers, Melvin Adkins of Wheelersburg, 
             Ohio and Homer Adkins of Okeechobee, Fla.; a sister Dorothy DeHart of 
             Morehead; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great 
             grandchild. 
                 The funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Dickerson Funeral Home 
             in Vanceburg by Rev. Gene Miracle.  Burial in the Collier Cemetery.