Lewis Akers (1838-1928)

Mary Ann Chaffin (1835-1914)

James Fulton Akers (1868-1933)

Laurett Linney Reed (1880-1954)

Vesta Avis Akers (1912-1993)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Alpha Floyd Dulaney Vesta Avis Akers 2 Born: 19 Jan 1912, Floyd Co, VA 3 4 5 Marriage (1): Alpha Floyd Dulaney on 10 Oct 1931 in Floyd Co., VA 1 Died: 28 Jun 1993, Radford (City), VA at age 81 3 4 5   Noted events in her life were: • Nickname: Avis. • Census: Floyd Co, VA - 1920 Federal Census, 14 Jan 1920, Floyd Co, VA. 6 Indian Valley, Dist 94, Sheet 5B, Stamped Pg 214 • Census: Floyd Co, VA - 1930 Federal Census, 16 Apr 1930, Floyd Co, VA. Indian Valley, Dist 7, Sheet 8A, Stamped Pg 233 • Obituary: Roanoke Times, 29 Jun 1997. 7 Avis Akers Dulaney, 81, of Alum Ridge, passed away Monday, June 28, 1993, at Radford Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Paul Douglas Dulaney. She is survived by her husband, Alpha F. Dulaney, Alum Ridge; one son, Wayne Dulaney, Floyd; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Prentis and Mavon Thompson, Floyd, Ruth and James Akers, Roanoke, Virginia and Billy Cromer, Floyd, Paula Hubbard, Roanoke, Mary and Paul Dress, Vinton; three sisters, Rhetta Howell, Rheba Alley, both of Floyd, Aldean Akers, Willis; nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Roy Turpin officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Maberry Funeral Home. Roanoke Times, June 29, 1997 Vesta married Alpha Floyd Dulaney on 10 Oct 1931 in Floyd Co., VA.1 (Alpha Floyd Dulaney was born on 7 Dec 1907 in Floyd Co., VA 2 4 8 and died on 28 Jun 1997 in Floyd Co., VA 4 5.)

1 Library of Virginia, "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853 - 1935" (Microfilmed legers written in each county, Richmond, VA, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022), Surety: 3.

2 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richmond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

3 ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Applications an Claims Index, 1936-2007" (ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

4 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

5 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, Deaths, 1912 -2014" (Richmong, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

6 Virginia, Floyd Co - 1920 Federal Census, Indian Valley, Dist 94, Sheet 5B, Stamped Pg 214. Surety: 4.

7 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

8 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.