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Tuesday, April 13, 1954
SERVICES PLANNED FOR J. H. AKRIDGE
Special to the News
WHITEWRIGHT, Texas -- Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:45
p.m. in Earnheart Chapel for James H. (Jimmy) Akridge, 69, a farmer and
stockman in the Desert community, who died Sunday in a McKinney
hospital.
The Rev. Howard Holland of Leonard will officiate, assisted by the Rev.
Lee Smith of Whitewright. Burial will be in Cross Roads Cemetery.
A native of Desert, Akridge received his education in the old Asa
Walker School and the Old Westminister Baptist Academy. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Giles Akridge; two daughters;
Mrs. Earl B. Blanton of Desert and Mrs. H. F. Slingerland of Cheyenne,
Wyo.; three brothers, Grace Akridge of Sherman, Will Akridge of
Whitewright and Jodie Akridge of Desert; and three grandchildren.
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