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Rachel Adkins Obituary
Rachel (Shafer) Adkins, formerly of Springfield, was born
July 11, 1933 and arrived in Heaven July 4, 2024. Preceded in death by husband Okey Adkins, daughters Dorothea Hogg and Sherry Kavorkian,
parents Clarence and Hazel Shafer, brothers Howard, Bob, Don, and Paul Shafer, sisters Frieda, Esther, and Mary Ellen Shafer. Left to cherish
her memory daughter Laura Truman (Sweetwater TN) sons Okey (Anita) and Miles Adkins (Cleveland TN), brother Miles (Bonnie) Shafer (West
Alexandria OH) and host of relatives and friends, including
Springfield friends and the Church of God Camp meeting friends. Memorial service will be July 21 at 4pm at Sweetwater Church of the Nazarene.
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Marcia Monteith Frier
July 21, 2024
Rachel was a wonderful Christian friend. I have known her since I was a little girl from our Maiden Lane Church of God. We have kept in touch thru the years & at camp-meeting. I will miss her sweet face & her sweet, loving letters, but I know exactly where she is today. It's called HEAVEN! Sending my sympathy to all of her family in Tennessee.
Marcia Monteith Frier
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