This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADKINS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adkins/2729/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ralph D. Adkins, 67 CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Ralph D. Adkins, 67, formerly of Hamlin, W.Va., passed away at 1 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at his home on Patterson Avenue in Center Township, Pa. Born in Orville, W.Va., on March 14, 1939, he was the son of the late Bernie and Delphie Ferrell Adkins and had spent most of his lifetime in Hamlin. A Baptist by faith, he had worked for the Hamlin Board of Education in its distribution warehouse. Preceding him in death on June 2, 2002, was his wife, Aredith "Lou" Adkins, whom he married on May 29, 1958. Survivors include two daughters, Teresa Lovejoy and her husband, Dale, and Melissa Adkins, all of Hamlin. There is one son with whom he resided, Michael Adkins and his wife, Joan, of Center Township. Additional survivors include two sisters, Delores Adkins and her husband, Coney, and Freda Adkins, all of East Liverpool, as well as a brother, Harold Adkins, of Hamlin, and his sister-in-law, Thelma Adkins, also of East Liverpool. There are 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews. Mr. Adkins was also preceded in death by five brothers, Eugene, Donald, Robert, Kenneth and Jim Adkins. Friends may call at the Dawson Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m., and on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Koontz Funeral Home in Hamlin, W.Va. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Koontz Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Rose officiating. Burial will follow at the Walker-Adkins Cemetery. The family extends a special thanks to Becky Rounds for the care and love shown to Ralph, and to Heartland Hospice for their support and care.