This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyNJ58 Surnames: Akers Semenske Ball Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.akers/1301/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Name: AKERS, Maurice Vane, Jr. Date of death: 25 Aug 1999 Mercer, WV Publication: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Date of Obit: 29 Aug 1999 Notes: Matoaka, West Virginia- Rev. Maurice Vane Akers, Jr., 67, died in Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Born 14 May 1932, in Arista, West Virginia, he was the son of Maurice V. Akers, Sr. of Arista and the late Stella M. Semenske Akers. He was a retired coal miner from Eastern Associated Coal Co. in Herndon, West Virginia. He was the Pastor of Hiawatha Baptist Church and former Pastor of the Eleventh Hour Baptist Church. He was a member of United Mine Workers Association Local 9781 and enjoying hunting and fishing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Shelby Jean Akers. Additional survivors include his wife of 22 years, Nancy Carol Ball Akers; one daughter, Melissa Dane Arnold and her husband Joshua of Matoaka; three sons, Daniel Wayne Akers, Sr. and wife Beth of Geneva, Florida, Allen Akers and his wife Latonya of Matoaka and Tony Akers and his wife Sharon of Pipestem, West Virginia; five grandchildren, Daniel Wayne Aker! s Jr., Michael Wayne Akers, Christopher Allen Akers, Anthony Weldon Akers, and Miranda Danielle Akers; and one great-granddaughter, Haley Danielle Akers; one brother, Jimmy Akers and his wife Helen of Lashmeet, West Virginia; three sisters, Dorothy Garrison of Arista, Betty Bare and her husband Charles of East Brunswick, New Jersey and Brenda Grubb of Rising Sun, Maryland; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held at Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton, West Virginia. Burial followed in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Pallbearers were Rocky Ball, Chuch Robertson, Eddie Burton, David Lee, Shawn Huffman and Stephen Hartwell. Source: obit Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.