Azil ADKINS
- Born: 27 Apr 1916, Lincoln Co., WV 55
- Marriage: Hazel Dell CRANE
- Died: 4 Jan 2003, Lorain, Lorain Co., OH at age 86 55
- Buried: 7 Jan 2003, Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain Co., OH 1873
General Notes:
The Morning Journal, Lorain, OH, Monday, 6 January 2003
Lorain - Azil Adkins, 86, of Lorain, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, at Community Health Partners Hospital, Lorain, following a lengthy illness.
He was born April 27, 1916, in West Virginia. He had lived in Detroit, until moving to Lorain 20 years ago.
In his younger days, Adkins was a coal miner in West Virginia. He moved to Detroit in 1953, where he was employed by the Ford Motor Co. as a press operator until retiring in 1981.
Adkins was a Baptist and in Detroit was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and a life member of United Auto Workers Union Local 600. He enjoyed yard work and watching sports.
Survivors include nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella, in 2000; and parents, Alfred and Sally (nee Walls) Adkins; and brother, Walter, in 1993.
Friends may call Monday, 5 to 8 p.m., at Garland-Misencik Funeral Home, 851 Park Ave., Amherst. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Ridge Hill Memorial Park, 44805 N. Ridge Road, Amherst Township. Pastor Wallace Justice will officiate.
Azil married Hazel Dell CRANE, daughter of Ladura Wesley "Dewey" CRANE and Bertha Mae NUTTER. (Hazel Dell CRANE was born on 3 Jan 1922 in Nicholas Co., WV,552 died on 26 Sep 1975 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI 552 and was buried on 30 Sep 1975 in Stanley Cemetery, Mud River, Boone Co., WV 74.)
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