Hubert Akins

Hubert Akins

BORN

1919 – 2000

Hubert Akins Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 9, 2000.
Hubert Akins, 81, a native of the Dogtown Community, Fort Payne, Alabama, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and the former president of Akins Furniture, died at a Birmingham hospital on Wednesday, November 8, 2000. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, November 10, 2000, 2 p.m., at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, 3801 Gault Avenue North, Fort Payne, officiated by the Rev. Darrell Morgan, the Rev. Ronnie Highfield, and the Rev. Eulas Hughes. Burial will be at Walkers Chapel Cemetery. The family will accept flowers or contributions may be made in his honor to the Walkers Chapel United Methodist Church, Walkers Chapel, Birmingham, AL 35068.

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