Russell Wayne Adkins, age 88, of Forest City passed away Tuesday at Hospice House. Wayne was a native of Yancey County and retired from Stonecutter Mills as a weave room supervisor. He was preceded in death by his wife Laura Louise Fox Adkins, parents Eules and Bessie Mae Wheeler Adkins and several brothers and sisters.
Left to cherish his memory are his children Sheila (Curtis) Hall, Timothy (Tracy) Adkins, Chris (Lisa) Adkins all of Rutherfordton, John (Rhonda) Adkins of Mooresboro and Lisa Adkins of Forest City; 22 grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren, a brother Harold Lee Adkins of Shreveport, La. and a sister Wanda Phipps of Virginia.
Services are private. In lieu of flowers donation may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills P.O. Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043