ROBERT WESLEY ADKISSON

BENTON -- Robert Wesley Adkisson, 84, of Benton, died Friday, July 24, 1992 at his residence.

He was born Nov. 18, 1907 in Owensboro, Ky. to Samuel Bruner and Sarah Hattie Scyfres Adkisson.

He lived in Benton for the past 22 years, moving from East Prairie, where he was a retired farmer. He was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie.

On Dec. 22, 1932 , he married Howard Lee Harr. She survives.

Other survivors include: one son, Charles Wesley Adkisson of East Prairie; two daughters. V. Jean Adkisson Nall and Frankie J. Adkisson Owens, both of Benton; one brother, Forrest Adkisson of East Prairie; three sisters, Irene Adkisson Walker of Tulsa, Okla., Helen Adkisson Stinson of Farrenberg, Mo. and Evelyn Adkisson Ballard of Pomona, Calif., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.

Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Shelby Funeral Home with Larry Smith, pastor of the First Church of God Church in East Prairie, officiating. Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.