The Summer of Hell

Johnny Glenn Adkins, 58, of Owensboro died Friday, April 13, 2007, at Owensboro Medical Health System. He was born Aug. 20, 1948, in Daviess County to the late Eugene and Richie Adkins. He was raised as a member of Green Brier Baptist Church and was a plant operator at Yager Materials, where he had been employed for 27 years. He enjoyed UK basketball and the Western channel. He was a good man who loved his Lord and his family. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Adkins in March 1986.
He is survived by his wife, Ellie Brown Adkins; a son, Matthew Glenn Adkins and a daughter, Amanda Lee Adkins, both of Owensboro; two brothers, Delmar (Donnita) Adkins of Livia and Doug (Dana) Adkins of Wichita, Kan.; his mother-in-law, Geneva Brown of Owensboro; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Leon and Linda Ambs of Panther; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are at 10 a.m. Friday at James H. Davis Funeral Home chapel in Owensboro. Burial will follow in Green Brier Baptist Church Cemetery in Daviess County. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Johnny Adkins Memorial Fund, 2029 Little Stream Road, Owensboro, KY 42303. Online messages of condolence may be made at http://www.davisfuneralhome.com/.

Geneva Mae Brown died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born on Aug. 3, 1922, in Owensboro. She was a homemaker and had worked as a rivetter at Servel in Evansville during World War II. She was a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church and enjoyed spending time with her family and enjoyed flowers, gardening and she loved her cats. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Thomas Brown, in 1951; her mother, Stella Lee Allen; her stepfather, Ben W. Allen; a sister, Margaret Ruth Wigginton; and a son-in-law, Johnny Glenn Adkins.
Survivors include two daughters: Linda and her husband Leon Ambs of Panther and Ellie Adkins of Owensboro; four grandchildren, Kimberly and her husband, Nathan Isbell, Matthew Adkins, Jimmy and his wife, Jenn Ambs and Amanda Adkins; and a great-grandchild, Kyla Isbell.
Services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Jeff Hendricks officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Geneva Brown Memorial Fund. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at http://www.haleymcginnis.com/.

Ellie Brown Adkins, 58, of Owensboro went to be with her Lord on July 3, 2007, and joined her husband of 37 years, Johnny Glenn Adkins, who died April 13, 2007. She was born on March 16, 1949, in Evansville to the late Ira Thomas and Geneva Tipmore Brown. She had been employed as an insurance specialist for River Valley Behavioral Health. She was a member of New Covenant Church. She loved her family, playing piano and guitar and worshiping her Lord.
She is survived by a son, Matthew G. Adkins of Owensboro; a daughter, Amanda Lee Adkins of Owensboro; a sister, Linda (Leon) Ambs of Utica; a niece, Kim (Nathan) Isbell of Owensboro; a nephew Jimmy (Jenn) Ambs of Lexington; and a great niece, Kyla Isbell.
Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at James H. Davis Funeral Home chapel in Owensboro. Burial will follow in Rosehill Cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Ellie Adkins Memorial Fund, 2029 Little Stream Run, Owensboro, KY 42303. Online messages of condolence may be made at www.davisfuneralhome.com.