Roma Hill Akins

Mrs. Roma Hill Akins, 90, of Blairsville, Ga., died Monday, April 7, 2008, in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.

Mrs. Akins was born in Gilmer County, Ga., on June 29, 1917, a daughter of the late Lawrence Hill and Sarah Gates Hill. She was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Union County. Mrs. Akins was a member of First Baptist Church of Blairsville, and had been an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Blairsville Garden Club. Mrs. Akins had been preceded in death by her husband, Bonnell Akins, in 1982.

Surviving family members include sons and daughters-in-law, Milton and Sandra Akins, Larry and Donna Akins, all of Blairsville, George Akins of Woodstock, Georgia; brothers and sisters-inlaw: Art and Bess Hill, of Athens, Tennessee; and Buford and Gretel Hill of New Jersey; grandchildren,

Matthew Akins, Kristal Hemphill, Andrew Akins,

Allison Hyde, and Sean

Akins. Great

Grandchildren: Aubrie

Akins, Isaac Hyde, Gabe

Hemphill, Mattie Akins,

Layla Akins, and Gunnar Akins. Many other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at 3 p.m., from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. B.A. Buchanan officiating. Pallbearers were Mike Hemphill, Gabe Hemphill, Matthew Akins, Andrew Akins, Sean Akins, and Steven Hyde. Burial was in Union Memory Gardens Cemetery

Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home- Blairsville Chapel. Mrs. Akins' Video Tribute may be viewed, and condolences may be sent to the family at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com