Johnnie H. Adkerson
Johnnie Hayes Adkerson passed away on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016) at the age of 85 in her home in McDonough. She was born in Pierce County Oct. 13, 1931, the oldestdaughter of Iva Minchew Hayes and John Arthur Hayes of Dixie Union.
She had three brothers and three sisters and she grew up in Dixie Union. She was the class salutatorian at Wacona School.
She married her sweetheart, Robert Adkerson, of Barnesville, and attended nursing school at the University of South Carolina. Always wanting to be an operating room nurse, she began her career at Roper Hospital in South Carolina and achieved her dream at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. She loved nursing and often nursed others back to health in the Dixie Union community, once even traveling as far as Washington, D.C., to assist in the care of a loved one. When she wasn’t nursing, she loved movies, broadway plays, bluegrass and Tina Turner.
She is survived by her son-inlaw, Glenn Kufchak, of McDonough; granddaughters, Stephanie Bailey and Monica Stiles, of McDonough; her great-grandsons, Simon and Skylar Kufchak, of McDonough; siblings, James Hayes, of Waycross; Iva Lee Fowke, of Barnwell, S.C., and Carolyn Pierce, of College Park, Ga.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Mallory Adkerson, children, Vernon Adkerson and Marilyn Kufchak, siblings, Marilyn Hayes, Marvin Hayes and Joe Hayes, and a variety of cats and dogs along the way. She was a faithful servant and
will be celebrated at a graveside service at Rehobeth Baptist Church, Saturday at 2 p.m. A reception for family and
friends will follow.
Johnnie Hayes Adkerson passed away on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016) at the age of 85 in her home in McDonough. She was born in Pierce County Oct. 13, 1931, the oldestdaughter of Iva Minchew Hayes and John Arthur Hayes of Dixie Union.
She had three brothers and three sisters and she grew up in Dixie Union. She was the class salutatorian at Wacona School.
She married her sweetheart, Robert Adkerson, of Barnesville, and attended nursing school at the University of South Carolina. Always wanting to be an operating room nurse, she began her career at Roper Hospital in South Carolina and achieved her dream at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. She loved nursing and often nursed others back to health in the Dixie Union community, once even traveling as far as Washington, D.C., to assist in the care of a loved one. When she wasn’t nursing, she loved movies, broadway plays, bluegrass and Tina Turner.
She is survived by her son-inlaw, Glenn Kufchak, of McDonough; granddaughters, Stephanie Bailey and Monica Stiles, of McDonough; her great-grandsons, Simon and Skylar Kufchak, of McDonough; siblings, James Hayes, of Waycross; Iva Lee Fowke, of Barnwell, S.C., and Carolyn Pierce, of College Park, Ga.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Mallory Adkerson, children, Vernon Adkerson and Marilyn Kufchak, siblings, Marilyn Hayes, Marvin Hayes and Joe Hayes, and a variety of cats and dogs along the way. She was a faithful servant and
will be celebrated at a graveside service at Rehobeth Baptist Church, Saturday at 2 p.m. A reception for family and
friends will follow.
Johnnie H. Adkerson
Johnnie Hayes Adkerson passed away on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016) at the age of 85 in her home in McDonough. She was born in Pierce County Oct. 13, 1931, the oldestdaughter of Iva Minchew Hayes and John Arthur Hayes of Dixie Union.
She had three brothers and three sisters and she grew up in Dixie Union. She was the class salutatorian at Wacona School.
She married her sweetheart, Robert Adkerson, of Barnesville, and attended nursing school at the University of South Carolina. Always wanting to be an operating room nurse, she began her career at Roper Hospital in South Carolina and achieved her dream at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. She loved nursing and often nursed others back to health in the Dixie Union community, once even traveling as far as Washington, D.C., to assist in the care of a loved one. When she wasn’t nursing, she loved movies, broadway plays, bluegrass and Tina Turner.
She is survived by her son-inlaw, Glenn Kufchak, of McDonough; granddaughters, Stephanie Bailey and Monica Stiles, of McDonough; her great-grandsons, Simon and Skylar Kufchak, of McDonough; siblings, James Hayes, of Waycross; Iva Lee Fowke, of Barnwell, S.C., and Carolyn Pierce, of College Park, Ga.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Mallory Adkerson, children, Vernon Adkerson and Marilyn Kufchak, siblings, Marilyn Hayes, Marvin Hayes and Joe Hayes, and a variety of cats and dogs along the way. She was a faithful servant and
will be celebrated at a graveside service at Rehobeth Baptist Church, Saturday at 2 p.m. A reception for family and
friends will follow.
Johnnie Hayes Adkerson passed away on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016) at the age of 85 in her home in McDonough. She was born in Pierce County Oct. 13, 1931, the oldestdaughter of Iva Minchew Hayes and John Arthur Hayes of Dixie Union.
She had three brothers and three sisters and she grew up in Dixie Union. She was the class salutatorian at Wacona School.
She married her sweetheart, Robert Adkerson, of Barnesville, and attended nursing school at the University of South Carolina. Always wanting to be an operating room nurse, she began her career at Roper Hospital in South Carolina and achieved her dream at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. She loved nursing and often nursed others back to health in the Dixie Union community, once even traveling as far as Washington, D.C., to assist in the care of a loved one. When she wasn’t nursing, she loved movies, broadway plays, bluegrass and Tina Turner.
She is survived by her son-inlaw, Glenn Kufchak, of McDonough; granddaughters, Stephanie Bailey and Monica Stiles, of McDonough; her great-grandsons, Simon and Skylar Kufchak, of McDonough; siblings, James Hayes, of Waycross; Iva Lee Fowke, of Barnwell, S.C., and Carolyn Pierce, of College Park, Ga.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Mallory Adkerson, children, Vernon Adkerson and Marilyn Kufchak, siblings, Marilyn Hayes, Marvin Hayes and Joe Hayes, and a variety of cats and dogs along the way. She was a faithful servant and
will be celebrated at a graveside service at Rehobeth Baptist Church, Saturday at 2 p.m. A reception for family and
friends will follow.
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