Melvin Leroy Akeman, Jr., age 87, of Marshall, and formerly of rural Blackwater, died Friday, May 8, 2020.
Private graveside services with military rites will be held at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall.There will be no visitation but friends may call from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Monday, May 11, 2020, at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home where social distancing will be observed. Memorials may be made to New Salem Baptist Church or Blackwater R-2 School. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com
Survivors include his wife, Marlene; three children, Janet Boland (Douglas) of Columbia, MO, Julie O’Bryan (Mike) of Marshall and Joyce Shelby (Sam) of Columbia; six grandchildren, Ashley Jones (David), Derek Boland (Nicole), Kyle O’Bryan (Alysia), Caleb O’Bryan, Connor O’Bryan and Meagan Shelby; four great-grandchildren, Olivia and Zachary Jones, Hadlee Boland and Abigail O’Bryan; one brother, Billy Akeman of Kansas City, MO; and several nieces and nephews.
Melvin was preceded in death by his parents; Melvin Leroy Akeman and Olive Palmer Akeman, and one sister, Helen Reidenbach.