Myrtle Adkins

Myrtle Yates Adkins CHESAPEAKE - Myrtle Yates Adkins, 94, passed away Nov. 6, 2010 in Richmond. She was a native of the Caney Ridge section of Dickenson County. She was the widow of Sylvan Adkins and a longtime resident of Chesapeake. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sisters, Edith Yates, Haylene Yates Sauls and Pauline Yates Sauls; brothers, John Yates Jr., Bobby Jeff Yates, Billy Yates; and her nephew, Darrell Lowery. She was born Feb. 27, 1916 to William Jonathan and Maude Fleming Yates. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Robert Armentrout of Richmond; her sister, Georgia Yates Lowery of Caney Ridge; and her beloved nieces and nephews and their families Family will receive friends today, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. where a song service will be held at 7 p.m. in the Mullins Funeral Home chapel. A funeral will be conducted Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with clergyman Joe Glenn Sluss officiating. Burial will follow in the Family Cemetery on Caney Ridge section Clintwood. Mullins Funeral Home and staff are serving the Adkins Family. Online condolences may be made at www.mullinsfuneralhome.net.