Akers, Raymond Lloyd

Passed: 1996-05-05

Age: 3

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1996-05-08

Information: Raymond Lloyd Akers, 3, of Point Pleasant, was dead on arrival May 5, 1996, at Pleasant Valley Hospital after an apparent drowning.  He had been swept into a drain pipe by storm runoff, authorities said.  Surviving:  father, Troy P. Akers; mother, Melissa Friend Akers; brothers, Joshua, Nathan and Bobby, at home; Maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Oletha Friend of Mount Alto; paternal grandparents, Joseph R. and JoAnna Spencer of Point Pleasant; paternal grandparents, Lloyd and Donna Akers of Point Pleasant; paternal great-grandmothers Lorraine Shamblin of Point Pleasant and Garnette Akers of Point Pleasant.  Services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday (today) at Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, with Pastor D. E. (Jake) McCartney officiating.  Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant.