Cleda Adkisson

CASEY, IL -- Cleda Crystal Adkisson, 89, of Casey, IL, died at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday (March 15, 2006) at Heartland Manor in Casey, IL. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2006, at the Markwell Funeral Home in Casey, IL, with Brother Jason Hosfield officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. She was born March 2, 1917, in Annapolis, IL, daughter of Homer Shanks and Myrtie Jane Chapman Shanks. She married Eugene Adkisson; he died on March 31, 1964. Survivors include a son, Bill Adkisson of Casey, IL; daughters, Carol Geffs and husband Paul of Oblong, IL, Marilyn Trefz of Casey, IL and Ellen Burkybile and husband Dale of Martinsville, IL; five grandchildren, Todd Geffs of Casey, IL, Amy Trefz of Sarasota, FL, Jeff Trefz of Marshall, IL, Sarah Hosfield of Pittsboro, IN, and Brian Burkybile of Casey, IL; six great-grandchildren, Zach Ring, Levi Ring, Andrew Geffs, Rebecca Geffs, Chase Barker and Lauren Hosfield; and four sisters, Clara Proctor of Stafford, TX, Marjorie Thompson of Starkville, MS, Helen Bush of Poplar Bluff, MO, Lois Birmingham of Turlock, CA; one brother, Lee Shanks and wife Frankie of Nash, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a granddaughter, Jody Geffs; two brothers, Don Shanks and Noble Shanks. Mrs. Adkisson was a homemaker. She was a member of the Walnut Chapel Church of Christ. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries.