Graveside services for Terry Lee Akers age 69 of Hollister, Missouri will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 28, 2013 at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri with Fr. Jim McTaggart officiating. Full military honors will follow. Arrangements and cremation were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson.
He died, June 17, 2013 at his home in Hollister, Mo.
He was born on March 21, 1944 in Reeds Spring, Missouri the son of Elven and Pauline Smythe Akers. He was a lifelong resident of the area and was owner/ operator of a lawn service. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Viet Nam War. He was a 1962 graduate of Branson High School and was of the protestant faith.
Survivors are his two children: Michael Lee Branstetter of Lee’s Summit, Missouri and Therese Leigh Reinhard of Fort Smith, Arkansas. One brother, Edd Akers of Branson, Missouri and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers; James Bert Akers and Billy Joe Akers and one sister, Erma Lee Snowden Higgins.
Memorial contributions may be made to the local Viet Nam Veterans Chapter in Branson, Mo.