Howard A. Akers

Howard Alan Akers, 89, of 11 Nichols Road, Luray, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Hawksbill Rest Home.

Mr. Akers was born Dec. 3, 1913, in Woodford, Okla., and was a son of the late George Thomas Akers Sr. and Sadie Akers.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and an administrative officer with Agricultural Attache for East Africa, Paris, France, Turkey, Ankara, and Tokyo, Japan at different times from 1957 to 1968. He was a member of the Luray United Methodist Church and American Legion Post 22 in Luray.

On Feb. 22, 1941, he married Aimie Armstrong, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Janet A. Wallington of Fairfax, and Mary Melinda Akers of Takoma Park, Md.; a son, Howard Alan Akers Jr. of Waynesboro; a brother, George T. Akers Jr. of Bakersfield, Calif.; a sister, Rebecca Bostwick of Ardmore, Okla.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Dr. Richard L. Worden will conduct a graveside service 11 a.m. Wednesday at Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery with military rites by the VFW Post 629.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 this evening at the Bradley Funeral Home in Luray.

Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.