Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 21, 1994 TAG: 9401210266
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT AKERS, WILLIE MILES
AKERS, Willie Miles, 81, of Christiansburg, died Thursday, January 20,
1994, in Radford Community Hospital. Born October 20, 1912, in Rogers, Va.,
she was the daughter of the late Lacy and Lakie Martin Miles and lived most of
her life in Montgomery County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted
T. Akers. She is survived by her children, Virginia Walters Martin, Ava
Walters Thornton, both of Christiansburg, Maxine Walters White, Pleasant
Garden, N.C., Shirley Walters Coppedge, Crewe, Va., Carlos Lee Akers, Pulaski;
her brothers and sisters, Mae Miles Poff, Chester Miles, Roy Miles, all of
Sophia, W. Va., Stella Miles Wood, Waldorf, Md., Louise Miles, Bob Miles, both
of Rogers; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 22, at the Richardson-Horne
Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Rev. Richard H. Horne with entombment to
follow in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 Friday evening at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.
by CNB