The Topeka Daily Capital Friday July 7, 1939 Cornelius Akins. Cornelius AKINS, 77, of 2488, Jefferson Street, died Thursday in a local hospital. He was born July 22, 1861, in Nashville, Tenn., and had been a resident of topeka for the past sixty years. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie AKINS, of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie CRAIG, St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Susie CLEAVER, Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Mrs. Lenora KIDD, Wichita Falls, Texas; three nephews and one niece. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.