Robert Akins

Services are scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at West Main Baptist Church for Robert Joe Akins of Artesia, New Mexico.

Mr. Akins, 63, died Friday, June 1, 2012.

Ronnie Williams will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Otis Yates, Wesley Neel, Zachary Berry, Wade Berry, Charlie Ebarb, and Neal Bledsoe. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dale Lynch, Wayne Derrick, Dave Walker, and James Stepp.

Visitation will be at Terpening Son Mortuary Monday beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Joe was born October 31, 1948 in Altus, Oklahoma the son of Bill Akins and Oletta Herring Akins.

He was a Vietnam War veteran and served his country in the United States Army from March 10, 1971 until January 24, 1974.

He came to Artesia in 1982 from Dallas, Texas.

On May 25, 2006 he was married to Kathy HoustonWalker in Artesia.

Joe received his Bachelor Degree in Math and Computer Science from Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He got his Masters in Accounting from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma. He worked for Holly Corporation from February 1982 until September 2011. There he was the manager of several departments in the accounting division. He was also a Department of Energy Auditor. He loved photography including cave photography, hunting, traveling, motorcycles, and spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include his wife Kathy Akins of the family home parents Bill Akins and wife Ann of Altus, Oklahoma, and Oletta Akins of Edmond son Jody Akins of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma sister Nancy Peace and husband Butch of Edmond brother Don Akins and wife Brenda of Altus grandchildren Bailey, Skyler, and Alex of Oklahoma City fatherinlaw Milton Houston of Artesia sistersinlaw Becky Neel of Artesia, and Valerie Torrez and husband Robert of Artesia nieces and nephews Edana and Otis Yates and their children Chloe, Tessa, and Macy Wesley and Lisa Neel and their children Madison, Kacy, and Kaleb Zachary and Karen Berry and son Jaxon and Wade Berry all of Artesia numerous nieces and nephews in Oklahoma including Sherry and Isaac Hansen and their children Olen and Broderric Kacie PeaceWarner and Bryant Warner and children Darius Peace and Jazmine PeaceWarner Brian and Kristen Archer and their children Hunter, Gunner, and Avery Carrie Lenard and her children Keaton, Tyson, and Jasper.