Mrs. Annie Lois St. John Adkins
Mrs. Okie Adkins Died Saturday at Local Hospital
Mrs. Annie Lois St. John Adkins, 63, of Route 1, Flovilla, died early Saturday night at Sylvan Grove Hospital after being admitted earlier in the day. She was the widow of Okie Adkins.
Mrs. Adkins was a native of Newton County, the daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Jackson St. John and Mrs. Mary Sockwell St. John, both of Newton County. She had lived in Butts County most of her life and was a member of the Flovilla Methodist Church.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the Flovilla Methodist Church with the Rev. Don Harp, pastor, and the Rev. W. Andy Holston, pastor of the Pleasant Grove Church, officiating. Interment was in Flovilla Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Adkins is survived by one son, Frederick Adkins of San Francisco, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Naomi Dial of Jackson; seven brothers, Milton St. John and Luke St. John, both of West Palm Beach, Fla., Asbury St. John of Atlanta, Oliver St. John, George St. John, Adieus St. John, and Ray St. John, all of Jackson; two grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Lester Bankston, Howard Leverette, Lamar King, Melvin McCoy, J. C. O'Kelly, and George Vallentine.

(Jackson Progress Argus - 07 Apr 1966)

Submitted by V. S. Harrison