Linda F. Akins, 63

A switchboard operator with First Merchants Bank and a member of Westside Church of Christ, she was a graduate of Central High School.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Bertha Summers; her husband, James F. Akins, who was killed in Vietnam May 19, 1967; brother, Waymon Summers; stepmother, Jackie Akins and sister-in-law, Keiko Akins.

She is survived by daughter, Angie Akins of Muncie; brother and sister-in-law, John and Bettie Summers of Muncie; sister and brother-in-law, Reba and Leroy Walker of McMinnville; sister-in-law, Rosemary Summers of Chattanooga; mother-in-law and step-father-in-law, Helen and Randolph Newby of McMinnville; sisters-in-law, Randie Parks and husband, Michael of Ohio, Kim Thrasher and husband, Rusty of New York; father-in-law, Frank Akins of Rockingham, N.C.; brothers-in-law, Kenneth and Judy Akins of Rockingham, Joe Frank Akins of Ft. Myers, Fla., and Kevin Akins of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at High’s Chapel with Larry Reynolds and Mark Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and 10 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.