Article from unknown source with handwritten date of April 1949. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Leonard Ray Akers "Leonard Ray Akers, 61, formerly of Holliday, died Monday morning at Detroit, Michigan, where he had lived for many years. He had been in ill health for several years. Son of the late Mr. and Ms. Wm. J. Akers of near Holliday, he was the youngest of ten children. Surviving him are his widow, the former Miss Hattie Wilson of Holliday; one brother, Will Akers of St. Louis, and two sisters, Mrs. Curtis Dixon and Mrs. Nannie Evans, both of Madison, who went to Detroit this week. Funeral services were scheduled for Thursday at Detroit." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562