OBITS: AKERS, Sylvia - 5 Mar 2003 - Whitley Co, KY Submitted by Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen E-mail Registry ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************** Obituary Notices for March 12, 2003 from The Corbin News-Journal Date: Saturday, March 22, 2003 1:42 AM Sylvia Akers, 89, Williamsburg, passed away Wednesday night, March 5, 2003 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. Survivors include one son, Bobby Akers and wife, Amy of Williamsburg; two daughters, Lillie Lytle of Toledo, Ohio and Alice Lytle and husband, Richard of Toledo, Ohio; four grandchildren, Donna Mahan of McMinnville, Tennessee, Larry Akers and wife, Lori of Charlotte, North Carolina, Freddie Akers and wife, Tonya of Williamsburg, and Mike Akers and wife, Sheri of Knoxville, Tennessee; nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Raymond Sexton and wife, Anita of Oneida, Tennessee and Raleigh Sexton and wife, Nancy of Maumee, Ohio; three sisters, Frances Barnett of Oneida, Tennessee, Mildred Trosper of Oneida, Tennessee and Orange Krause of Oneida, Tennessee; as well as several nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her passing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Akers. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 8 at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn Daugherty officiating. Burial was in the Ryans Cemetery.