Ira Victor Akens Obituary, Bradley County, AR

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              - Son
        Date: February 23, 2005

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Ira Victor Akens

I.V. AKENS DIES IN NEW MEXICO
January 4, 1891         November 17, 1956
 Ira Victor Akens, a 65 year old native of Warren, died in Gallup, New
Mexico on Saturday, November 17.  Mr. Akens was a resident of Sawmill,
Arizona and was a brother to several Warren people.
 Survivors include his wife, Muriel Elizabeth Akens; four children,
Loretta Faye, Ira Victor Jr., William Ronald, and Harold Craig Akens;
two brothers, John Thaniel Akens of Warren, and William Edward Akens of
Mountain View, California; six sisters, Mrs. Clementine Black of
Warren, Mrs. Julia Wherry of Warren, Mrs. Anna Jennings and Mrs. J.W.
Richey of Bellamy, Alabama, Mrs. G.G. Cash of El Centro California, and
Mrs Ida Smith of Fresno, California.
Funeral services for Mr. Akens were conducted at Frazer's Chapel at 2
p.m. Sunday by Rev. Gerald W. Trussell.  Burial was in Oakland Cemetery
by Frazer Funeral Home.
 Out of town people attending the funeral services of I.V. Akens Sunday
were Mrs. Muriel Akens and children Faye, I.V. Jr., Ronald, and Craig
Akens of Flagstaff, Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. Charley Jennings of
Clarksville, Mississippi, Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Givens of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Smith and daughter, Terry of Little
Rock; Mr. and Mrs Carl Wherry and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wheeler of
Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Black and granddaughter, Sherry, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Black of Benton; Mr. and Mrs. Felton Bryant of Hot Springs
and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Akens Jr. and son, John T. III, of Texarkana,
Arkansas.
 Pallbearers were Brown Black, Gordon Black, Clyde Sloan, Rufus Ray, and
Levi Wherry. Honorary pallbearers were Clifton Wheeler, Carl Wherry,
S.B. Anders, Claude Rowland, R.B. Powell, and Harvey Rowland.
Ladies in charge of the flowers were Mrs. Brown Black, Mrs. Gordon
Black,
Mrs. Clyde Sloan, Mrs. Clifton Wheeler, Mrs. Rufus Wherry, and Mrs.
C.R. Rowland.
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C a r d   o f   T h a n k s
We want to express our deepest appreciation for the synpathy and
flowers and deeds done in the death and bereavement of our dear
beloved husband, father, and brother.


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