- (1aa) James A. and Myrtle Goshorn Akers Sr's son James A. Akers Jr., born 20-08-1933, Jersey County, Illinois, died 19-09-1981, buried Hardin Cemetery. Services were held Monday afternoon at Jacoby Funeral Home for James A Akers jr., 48 of 408 E. Pearl St., Jerseyville with the Rev. R. E. George officiating. Burial was in Hardin Cemetery. He died at 5:10 a.m. Sept. 19, 1981 at St John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur, MO. born in Jersey County Aug. 20, 1933, he was a son of the late James A. and Myrtle Goshorn Akers sr., and was an operating engineer out of Local 520.
His survivors are his wife, Audrey Leah Peeler Akers whom he married Nov. 12, 1953 in Winchester; one son, James A. Akers, III, Fairmont City; three daughters, Dr. Linda Fischer of Springfield, Jayne Akers and Janet Story of Jerseyville; six brothers, Frank, Boston, Mass., Arthel, Keith and Delbert, Jerseyville, Nicholas, Shipman, Marvin, Bethalto; four grandchildren.
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