Ken
Ken Akin
d. November 19, 2015
Charles Kenneth Akin, 68, of Red Hill community, passed away, Thursday morning, November 19, 2015, at his residence.
Born July 29, 1947, in Royston, GA, he was the son of Nell Brown Akin and the late Merrell C. Akin. An infant twin brother Keith also predeceased him. He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin County High School and received a BBA from the University of Georgia. He was a cattle farmer and a correctional officer at the Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute. He was a member of The Living Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Sherlene Elliott Akin; son, Chad Akin, Lavonia, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Kellie Akin Spagnoli and husband Jeremy, Martin, GA; mother, Nell Akin, Martin; grandson, Will Akin; and sister and brother-in-law, Jan and Wayne Caudell.
Services will be 4pm Saturday afternoon at the B D Ginn Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Poole and Minister David Wakefield. Interment and committal with Rev. Walton McNeal will follow in the Allens United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The body is at the Ginn Funeral Home. The family is at the home. They will receive friends from 2pm Saturday until the funeral hour at the funeral home. Flowers are welcome, but those wishing to make memorials, please do so to the Gentiva Hospice, 855 Gaines School Road, Suite G, Athens GA 30605.
Born July 29, 1947, in Royston, GA, he was the son of Nell Brown Akin and the late Merrell C. Akin. An infant twin brother Keith also predeceased him. He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin County High School and received a BBA from the University of Georgia. He was a cattle farmer and a correctional officer at the Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute. He was a member of The Living Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Sherlene Elliott Akin; son, Chad Akin, Lavonia, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Kellie Akin Spagnoli and husband Jeremy, Martin, GA; mother, Nell Akin, Martin; grandson, Will Akin; and sister and brother-in-law, Jan and Wayne Caudell.
Services will be 4pm Saturday afternoon at the B D Ginn Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Poole and Minister David Wakefield. Interment and committal with Rev. Walton McNeal will follow in the Allens United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The body is at the Ginn Funeral Home. The family is at the home. They will receive friends from 2pm Saturday until the funeral hour at the funeral home. Flowers are welcome, but those wishing to make memorials, please do so to the Gentiva Hospice, 855 Gaines School Road, Suite G, Athens GA 30605.
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