Delbert Gene Akins

Funeral service for Delbert Gene Akins, age 81 of Chickasha will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at the Northside Church of Christ under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.

Delbert Gene Akins was born the son of Lee Arthur Akins and Ethel Lee (Cocheran) Akins on July 6, 1941, in Anadarko, Oklahoma and died on October 15, 2022 at his home in Chickasha.  He attended Cement Schools.  He worked for 19th Seed Company when he met Shirley Myatt who was working at a café in Konawa where he would eat.  They married June 4, 1961.  He started working at USAO in 1961 and retired in 1995.  Delbert was a member of Northside Church of Christ where he served as a deacon for many years.

He loved camping, fishing and jeeping in Creede, Colorado, every year.  He spent many hours sitting around the campfire visiting with family and whittling. He was a master wood carver.  He also enjoyed riding horses and would ride every chance he could.  He also spent 30 years volunteering at Grand Elementary sharing his whittlings every year.

He is preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and six sisters.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughter and son-in-law Jeanie and Lynn Lee; son, Ron Akins and fiancé TaMara Skipworth; grandchildren: Austin Akins, Corbin and Kylie Lee, Tanner Akins, Rabecca Akins, Caitlyn and Colton Adams, Kylie Layne and Bryar Berry; great-grandchildren: Emberly and Bristol Adams, Adeline Lee and Oaklynn Layne; and sister Margie Akins.

Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery.