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

DATE: MONDAY, February 15, 1993                   TAG: 9302160309
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: COLONIAL HEIGHTS                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT GARLICK, BERNICE VIRGINIA AKERS

GARLICK, Bernice Virginia Akers, 76, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, February 14, 1993, at Richmond Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Ironto, a daughter of the late George and Liza Bowles Akers, and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, James A. Garlick, Ashland, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Odell Browning of Rich Creek, Va., Mrs. Kent Ratliffe of Elliston, Mrs Floyd Kanode of Lynchburg; three brothers, Frank Akers of Pearisburg, Sherman Akers of Blacksburg, Herman Akers of Lafayette; one granddaughter, Dana Butcher, Grand Island, Neb.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Colonial Heights, with the Rev. Robert Baker officiating. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park, Petersburg, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the James Russell and Bernice Garlick Memorial Fund, Immanuel Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at the E. Alvin Small Funeral Home, Colonial Heights.

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