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      Obituary
 
     
 Gwinn L. Akers, 
    77, of Kenova, WV, went home to be with the Lord and his beloved wife, Edith 
    Adkins Akers, on Monday, January 7, 2013, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice 
    House of Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday at 
    the Reger Funeral Chapel by Rev. Dale Maddy. Burial will follow in Docks 
    Creek Cemetery, Kenova, WV. He was born May 5, 1935 in Wayne County, WV a 
    son of the late Leonard Akers and Blanche Fortner Tolbert. He was a truck 
    driver and an employee of Unijax. Gwinn was a veteran of the US Army. In 
    addition to his wife and parents he was preceded in death by his step father 
    John W. Tolbert. Survivors include a son Timothy Gwinn Akers; four daughters 
    and two sons in law Debbie and Larry Hutchison; Gwendolyn Graham; Delores 
    Scarberry and Reyna and Dale Maynard; two step daughters and spouses Gloria 
    and Jimmy McCoy and Georgia and Mike Lawhon; several grandchildren and great 
    grandchildren; sister and brother in law Delores and Don Salyers and his cat 
    “Frosty”. The family would like to thank the staff of the Emogene Dolin 
    Jones Hospice House of Huntington for their care and support. American 
    Legion Post 93 of Kenova, of which he was a member, will conduct military 
    graveside rites. Friends may call from noon until 2 pm Thursday at the Reger 
    Funeral Home. 
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