Jaunita Akers

April 20, 1925 - April 1, 2001

Jaunita Akers, age 75, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, passed away on April 1, 2001 in Lindsay, OK. She was born on April 20, 1925 in Everton, Arkansas to Robert Clarence Hamilton and Vera Virginia Williams Arnold Hamilton. Jaunita was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She moved to Lindsay in 1951 and in 1959 moved to 606 Geneva where she lived until her death. Jaunita worked as a Bank Teller with the American Exchange Bank in Lindsay. She was very active in the community serving as Girl Scout Leader: Hospital Pink Lady and a Falls Creek Counselor. She was also a member of the Church Choir at Calvary Baptist Church; and a member of the Rose Garden Club. Survivors include her husband, Virgil Price Akers of the home. They were married on May 19, 1945 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Daughter and son in law, Sheila Juanita Akers Gilbert and David Ira Gilbert. Grandsons, Brian Adam Gilbert and Eric Grant Gilbert. She was preceded in death by both parents and grandparents, John Samuel Williams and Sarah Sadie O?Quinn Williams. Arrangements are under the direction of the B. G. Boydston Funeral Home. Services will be held in the Calvary Baptist Church in Lindsay, OK on Thursday, April 5, 2001 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Bill Baxter officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, OK. Pallbearers are Terry Little, Jack Scyrkels, David Harvey, Pete Geffre, Sebastain Geffre and Jim Bray. Honorary pallbearers are Tom Bob Sinclair and Bob Rogers.