Oscar Taylor Adkins
(April 9, 1928 -- June 13, 2009)

A light in our life has been extinguished. Oscar Taylor Adkins, 81, of Huntington, WV, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 9, 1928 in Huntington, WV to the late Grover Cleveland Adkins and Caroline Elizabeth Clay Adkins. He served our country in the Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and he was a Mason. He was a retired steelworker having worked for McClouth Steel. Oscar is also preceded in death by his son, Steven Soltas; two sisters, Izel Adkins and Zeva Nichols; and six brothers, Cecil Clyde, infant (not named), Ishmel, Mansfield, Howard, and Grover Cleveland, Jr. He is survived by his granddaughter, Breesha Means and her husband, Christopher, of Huntington; three great granddaughters, Rylee Tayler Means, Kaylah Lynn Litwiler, and Lena Mariah Menapace, all of Huntington; two sisters, Ruby Linville of Florida and Beatrice Lovejoy of Culloden, WV; and a brother, Melvin Adkins of Spencer, WV. He leaves behind many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He will truly be missed. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Chapman�s Mortuary, Huntington, with Bishop Jay Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Vincent Adkins Cemetery, Racoon Creek, Cabell County, WV with Military Graveside rites conducted by Veterans Honor Guard of American Legion Post #16. Friends may call from 6:00 to 9:00 PM Tuesday and noon to 2:00 PM Wednesday at Chapman�s Mortuary.