Mr. Carlton Joe Akins, age 81, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015. Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 11AM at the Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Milledgeville. Burial will be private at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends immediately following the funeral service.
Mr. Akins was born in Statesboro, GA and served in the United States Army and worked in Cochran, GA at Lithonia Lighting Company while also volunteering as a firefighter and a member of the Civil Defense in Statesboro. He loved music and photography. Mr. Akins was a member of the First Baptist Church of Statesboro and gave his heart to Jesus at a tent revival in 1942. He was also a member of Lawrence Drive Baptist Church in Macon since 1996. Mr. Akins was predeceased by his mother and father, Edna Woods Akins and Jake Akins; brother, James R. Akins; and a sister, Virginia Hall.
Mr. Akins is survived by his wife of 48 years, Gladys Leverette Akins of Milledgeville; sister, Ann (Cecil) Gay; niece, Edna Addison; and great niece, Edna (Scott) Calcarco, all of Statesboro.
The family will receive friends immediately following the funeral service.
Mr. Akins was born in Statesboro, GA and served in the United States Army and worked in Cochran, GA at Lithonia Lighting Company while also volunteering as a firefighter and a member of the Civil Defense in Statesboro. He loved music and photography. Mr. Akins was a member of the First Baptist Church of Statesboro and gave his heart to Jesus at a tent revival in 1942. He was also a member of Lawrence Drive Baptist Church in Macon since 1996. Mr. Akins was predeceased by his mother and father, Edna Woods Akins and Jake Akins; brother, James R. Akins; and a sister, Virginia Hall.
Mr. Akins is survived by his wife of 48 years, Gladys Leverette Akins of Milledgeville; sister, Ann (Cecil) Gay; niece, Edna Addison; and great niece, Edna (Scott) Calcarco, all of Statesboro.
Mr. Carlton Joe Akins, age 81, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015. Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 11AM at the Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Milledgeville. Burial will be private at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends immediately following the funeral service.
Mr. Akins was born in Statesboro, GA and served in the United States Army and worked in Cochran, GA at Lithonia Lighting Company while also volunteering as a firefighter and a member of the Civil Defense in Statesboro. He loved music and photography. Mr. Akins was a member of the First Baptist Church of Statesboro and gave his heart to Jesus at a tent revival in 1942. He was also a member of Lawrence Drive Baptist Church in Macon since 1996. Mr. Akins was predeceased by his mother and father, Edna Woods Akins and Jake Akins; brother, James R. Akins; and a sister, Virginia Hall.
Mr. Akins is survived by his wife of 48 years, Gladys Leverette Akins of Milledgeville; sister, Ann (Cecil) Gay; niece, Edna Addison; and great niece, Edna (Scott) Calcarco, all of Statesboro.
The family will receive friends immediately following the funeral service.
Mr. Akins was born in Statesboro, GA and served in the United States Army and worked in Cochran, GA at Lithonia Lighting Company while also volunteering as a firefighter and a member of the Civil Defense in Statesboro. He loved music and photography. Mr. Akins was a member of the First Baptist Church of Statesboro and gave his heart to Jesus at a tent revival in 1942. He was also a member of Lawrence Drive Baptist Church in Macon since 1996. Mr. Akins was predeceased by his mother and father, Edna Woods Akins and Jake Akins; brother, James R. Akins; and a sister, Virginia Hall.
Mr. Akins is survived by his wife of 48 years, Gladys Leverette Akins of Milledgeville; sister, Ann (Cecil) Gay; niece, Edna Addison; and great niece, Edna (Scott) Calcarco, all of Statesboro.
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