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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 1, 1993                   TAG: 9303010262
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DUBLIN                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT AKERS, COLONEL RANDOLPH "PETE"

AKERS, Colonel Randolph, ("Pete"), 63, of Dublin, passed away Saturday, February 27, 1993. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II and a retired painter and construction worker. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Anne Akers of Dublin; three sons, Brad Akers of Radford, Steady Akers of Bennettsville, S. C., and Randy Akers of Dallas, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Patty VanNostrand of Va. Beach; his mother, Annie R. Akers of Radford; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Ritter and Mrs. Helen Stump, both of Radford; six stepchildren, 11 grandchildren, and eight stepgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with the Rev. Lester Kennedy officiating. Interment will follow in Rockford Cemetery in Pulaski County. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Monday at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.

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