My mom sent me the following obituary: Ken Akers, Sarasota, FL JOSEPH HAROLD9 AKERS (JOSEPH HENRY8, SYLVESTER7, SOLOMAN6, SOLOMAN5, BLACKBURN4, WILLIAM AKERS3, WILLIAM AKERS2, WILLIAM AKERS1) was born February 16, 1902 in Sibley, Missouri and died January 17, 2000 in Christian Health Care East. He Married EULA LEE ROBERTS 1924 in Independence, Missouri. Springfield (MO) News Leader, Wednesday, January 19, 2000, page 4B Obituaries (Picture) J. Harold Akers J.(Joseph) Harold Akers, 97, Spring- field, Mo,, passed away Mon- day, Jan. 17, 2000, in Christian Health Care East. Harold was born Feb. 16, 1902, in Sibley, Mo., to the late Joseph Henry and Mary Ellen (Hindle) Akers. He was the youngest of five children. Harold married Eula (Lee) Roberts in 1924, in Inde- pendence. Thay had been married 66 years when she died in 1990. Also preceding him was his daughter, June Marie Akers. Harold enjoyed a long ca- reer in the retail and whole- sale grocery business in Springfield and area commu- nities. In later years, he sold office supplies and equipment. He was a joy to all those who knew him. He was a member of First Christian Church, Aurora, where he lived 14 years until retiring to Springfield in 1996. Survivors incllude his son and his wife, Don and Betty Akers, Springfield; a grand- daughter and her husband, Carol and Lew Rauch, Spring- field; two, grandsons and their wives, Scott and Mary Carol Akers, Elizabethtown, Ky., and Mark and Paula Akers, Kansas City, Mo.; three great-grand- children, Stephanie Rauch, Springfield, and Sarah and Kenneth Akers, both of Eliza- bethtown, Ky. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000 , in Greenlawn Cemetery under direction of Gorman- Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church of Aurora, or donor's choice. __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html