Eva J. Adkins
June 16, 1924 – July 4, 2003
NILES – Eva June (Cheney) Adkins, 79, of 939 Hickory Street, Niles, passed away of natural causes at 12:10 A.M. Friday, July 4, in Lakeland Regional Health System, Niles. Eva was a homemaker.
Eva was born on June 16, 1924 in Niles to the late L.D. and Cora Cheney. On July 14, 1951 in Gallatin County, IL, she married James Robert Adkins, who died on April 20, 1996.
She is survived by a daughter, Jackie Adkins of Nicholis, GA; two sons, Jimmie Adkins of Cassopolis, MI, and Tommie Adkins of Niles; two sisters, Maxine Creevey of Galien, MI, and Wanda Thompson of Matthews, IN; a brother, Burton Cheney of Niles; and by 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services for Eva will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, in the Pifer-Smith Funeral home, Niles, with Mr. Burton Cheney officiating. Friends may call form 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of donor’s choice.
Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
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