Paul Nathan Akers^[1]

1924 - 2011  (86 years)

• Name	Paul Nathan Akers
  Born	19 Oct 1924	Brookland
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Mar 2011	Jonesboro, Arkansas   [2, 3]
  Buried	5 Mar 2011	Pine Log Cemetery, Craighead County, Arkansas   [4]
  Person ID	I275743	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles Clifton Akers,   b. 6 Nov 1887,   d. 25 Oct 1962  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sadie Letitia Wilson,   b. 17 May 1902,   d. 24 Jan 1971  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F162025	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret
  Married	Abt 1961
  Children	+ 1. Carol Akers   2. Paula Akers,   d. Bef 2 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F107243	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 21 Mar 2010. Crain-Williams engagement [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 4 Sep 2015. Cristi Leigh Garland obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Jonesboro Sun (AR), 4 Mar 2011. BRANDON, Miss. — Paul N. Akers , 86, a former resident of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, Miss. There will also be visitation from 2-3 p.m. Saturday in Emerson's Memorial Chapel in Jonesboro. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Pine Log Cemetery near Brookland. Paul Nathan Akers was born on Oct. 19, 1924, at Brookland to the late Charles Clifton and Sadie Letitia Wilson Akers . He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Marines. He was a decorated member of the 6th Marine Division. He received the Purple Heart after being wounded at Okinawa. He had worked in commercial refrigeration service for more than 50 years. Mr. Akers had been a resident of Brandon since 1983. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Brandon. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Paula Akers Gill. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Margaret Akers of Brandon; six daughters, Judy Akers Hannah and husband Frank of Jonesboro, Carol Akers Crain and husband Garry of Louisville, Tenn., Dorothy Akers Brady and husband Mike of Sherwood, Kathy Akers Gray and husband John of Brandon, Joyce Akers Walker of Brandon and Elizabeth Akers Harrison and husband David of Pelahatchie, Miss.; four sons, Charles R. Akers and wife Karen of Orange, Texas, Charles A. Manuel of Monroe, La., Michael A. Akers and wife Anita of Brandon and Clifton P. Akers and wife Mika of Brandon; 22 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, 1013 Mississippi 471, Brandon 39042. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 66461358).