2nd wife - Ella Simpkins
Farmer Near Belspring Found Dead Of Wound
Artemus Dudley Akers, 75, a farmer near Belspring since 1918, was found dead by members of his family this morning in the barnyard of his home with a small calibre bullet wound in his head and a rifle nearby. A native of Floyd county, he was reported by his household to have been despondent for the past several weeks and was seen picking up the rifle in the kitchen of the house a few minutes before his body was found. Sheriff Roy Summers and deputies investigated, but no official verdict on the nature of his death was available immediately. Akers is survived by his wife and nine children.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Tues, Aug 12, 1947
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Funeral services for A. Dudley Akers were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from his home near Belspring. The Rev. G.P. Harris conducted the service. Burial was in the Hickman cemetery. Mr. Akers was born March 20, 1872, in Floyd county, a son of Jonathan and Harriet Lester Akers. He is survived by his widow, Elma Simpkins Akers, two daughters and six sons by a previous marriage, also three sisters and; two brothers. He had made his home in the Belspring community since 1918.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Fri, Aug 15, 1947
Farmer Near Belspring Found Dead Of Wound
Artemus Dudley Akers, 75, a farmer near Belspring since 1918, was found dead by members of his family this morning in the barnyard of his home with a small calibre bullet wound in his head and a rifle nearby. A native of Floyd county, he was reported by his household to have been despondent for the past several weeks and was seen picking up the rifle in the kitchen of the house a few minutes before his body was found. Sheriff Roy Summers and deputies investigated, but no official verdict on the nature of his death was available immediately. Akers is survived by his wife and nine children.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Tues, Aug 12, 1947
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Funeral services for A. Dudley Akers were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from his home near Belspring. The Rev. G.P. Harris conducted the service. Burial was in the Hickman cemetery. Mr. Akers was born March 20, 1872, in Floyd county, a son of Jonathan and Harriet Lester Akers. He is survived by his widow, Elma Simpkins Akers, two daughters and six sons by a previous marriage, also three sisters and; two brothers. He had made his home in the Belspring community since 1918.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Fri, Aug 15, 1947
2nd wife - Ella Simpkins
Farmer Near Belspring Found Dead Of Wound
Artemus Dudley Akers, 75, a farmer near Belspring since 1918, was found dead by members of his family this morning in the barnyard of his home with a small calibre bullet wound in his head and a rifle nearby. A native of Floyd county, he was reported by his household to have been despondent for the past several weeks and was seen picking up the rifle in the kitchen of the house a few minutes before his body was found. Sheriff Roy Summers and deputies investigated, but no official verdict on the nature of his death was available immediately. Akers is survived by his wife and nine children.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Tues, Aug 12, 1947
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Funeral services for A. Dudley Akers were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from his home near Belspring. The Rev. G.P. Harris conducted the service. Burial was in the Hickman cemetery. Mr. Akers was born March 20, 1872, in Floyd county, a son of Jonathan and Harriet Lester Akers. He is survived by his widow, Elma Simpkins Akers, two daughters and six sons by a previous marriage, also three sisters and; two brothers. He had made his home in the Belspring community since 1918.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Fri, Aug 15, 1947
Farmer Near Belspring Found Dead Of Wound
Artemus Dudley Akers, 75, a farmer near Belspring since 1918, was found dead by members of his family this morning in the barnyard of his home with a small calibre bullet wound in his head and a rifle nearby. A native of Floyd county, he was reported by his household to have been despondent for the past several weeks and was seen picking up the rifle in the kitchen of the house a few minutes before his body was found. Sheriff Roy Summers and deputies investigated, but no official verdict on the nature of his death was available immediately. Akers is survived by his wife and nine children.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Tues, Aug 12, 1947
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Funeral services for A. Dudley Akers were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from his home near Belspring. The Rev. G.P. Harris conducted the service. Burial was in the Hickman cemetery. Mr. Akers was born March 20, 1872, in Floyd county, a son of Jonathan and Harriet Lester Akers. He is survived by his widow, Elma Simpkins Akers, two daughters and six sons by a previous marriage, also three sisters and; two brothers. He had made his home in the Belspring community since 1918.
PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Fri, Aug 15, 1947
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