Almeda M. Adkins

Almeda Miller Adkins, 82, of McGaheysville, died Friday, March 26, 2004, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Adkins was born Jan. 24, 1922, in Charleston, W.Va., and was the daughter of the late John William and Hettie Gillespie Miller.

She was a homemaker and was baptized in the Christian Church.

On Nov. 22, 1939, she married Melvin L. Adkins, who survives.

Also surviving are three daughters, Beverly A. Shoemaker of Grottoes, Peggy A. Nadeau of McGaheysville, and Alice J. Adkins of Goode; a son, Ronald L. Adkins of Cook Town; a sister, E. Margaret Miller, and a brother, Richard N. Miller, both of Charleston, W.Va.; 14 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Roger Hart will conduct a graveside service 2 p.m. today at Mount Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.

At Mrs. Adkins’ request, her body was cremated. Friends may call at the Adkins’ home at any time.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Grottoes Church of Christ Rebuilding Fund, c/o Kay Thompson, Box 1164, Grottoes, Va. 24441 or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

Arrangements are by the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton.