MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Boyd Adkins, 20 Jan 2004
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GREEN MOUNTAIN - Boyd Adkins, 74, of Byrd Creek Road, died Tuesday, 
Jan. 20, 2004 at his home. He was the son of the late Wilce and Lula 
Miller Adkins. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Reba 
Whitson. He was a member of Zion Upper Pigeon Roost Freewill Baptist 
Church. A U.S. Army veteran, he was also a member and past chief of 
Huntdale Fire and Rescue and the Emmit L. Randolph D.A.V. He had been 
a mechanic for Gouge Trucking.

Survivors include his wife, Flora Barnett Adkins of the home; three 
sons, Steve and Darrell Adkins, both of Green Mountain, and Rick 
Adkins of Burnsville; one daughter, Kay Gouge of Greenville, TN; three 
brothers, Glenn Adkins of Burnsville, and Dwight and Roger Adkins, 
both of Charlotte; four sisters, Goldie Williams and Jessie Hedrick, 
both of Burnsville, Lena Bailey of Delaware, and Sharon Nelson of 
Jonesborough, TN; 10 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. 
Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Henline-
Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Marvin Silver, John Stockton 
and Clyde Thompson officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Friday in Byrd 
Creek Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the 
service hour. Memorial donations may be made to Relay for Life, Mitchell 
County Chapter, 137 Chet Burleson Road, Bakersville, NC 28705. 

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