Surry-Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Adkins, John A., 2007 

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JOHN A. ADKINS 

  ELBERON - John A. Adkins, 89, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at Sentara 
Obici Hospital, in Suffolk, Va.

  Born in Stuart, Va., on Sept. 15, 1918, he was the son of the late Charles 
Reed Adkins and Mollie Walker Adkins.  John proudly served his country during 
World War II as a member of the U.S. Navy.  He had retired as a self-employed 
heavy equipment operator and had lived in Surry County since 1955.  John was 
a member of Surry Hunt Club for many years.

  Until his eyesight failed him, he had the prettiest and most bountiful 
garden in Surry County.

  Mr. Adkins leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 67 years, Alpha Conway 
Adkins; two daughters, Linda A. Emory and her husband, Lawrence, of Elberon, 
Va., and Vickie Sue Jones and her husband, Harold, of Surry, Va.; two sons, W. 
Lee Adkins and his wife, Kathryn, of Lynchburg, Va., and Roger Lane Adkins and 
wife, Nora, of Smithfield, Va.; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two 
great-great-grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren, 14 step-grand-
grandchildren; and 10 step-great-great-grandchildren.

  He was preceded in death by a grandson, Lawrence W. Emory Jr.; his two 
brothers, Lowell R. Adkins and E. Burton Adkins; and a step-granddaughter, 
Ella Wells.

  Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Moore’s Swamp 
Baptist Church, Elberon, with the Rev. Danny R. Blalock and the Rev. Jim Wells 
officiating.  Interment with military rites will follow in the church 
cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at 
the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, Va.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Surry Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 
188, Surry, Va. 23883.  The Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements Condolences may be 
pasted on our website at www.jtmorriss.com


John A. ADKINS, retired heavy equipment operator, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 15 Sep 1918, Stuart, Patrick Co., d. 5 Nov 2007, Suffolk, 
interred in Moore’s Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Elberon, 10 Nov 2007, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Wed., Nov. 14, 2007, p. 6, col. 3-4 


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