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MILFORD - Edgar V. Adkins, Jr. passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Bayhealth Medical Center, Sussex Campus in Milford. Edgar was born in Salisbury, Md., on June 3, 1941.
He worked for Eastern Shore Public Service in Salisbury, Taylor Oil Co. in Salisbury, Winner Ford in Dover and Adkins Oil Co. in Lewes.
He was predeceased by his two sons, Gerald T. Adkins, Dwayne Adkins; his wives, Ruth J. Adkins and Alberta Adkins; and parents, Geraldine Taylor Adkins and Edgar V. Adkins.
He is survived by his daughter, Susan Layton and her husband, George of Milton; two sons, Edgar V. Adkins, III and Jack S. Adkins and his wife Mary and family of Little Rock, Ark.; his sister, Charlotte A. Bastian and her husband, Jim of Lewes; brother, James W. Adkins and his wife Karin of Harbeson; a wonderful uncle and aunt, James and Bette Taylor of Salisbury, Md. He had many wonderful nieces and nephews, cousins and friends and special friends who loved him very much, Donald and Becky Truitt.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 5, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal St., Milton, where friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Burial will be in Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.
Contributions in his name can be made to Bayhealth Medical Center/Sussex Campus, 100 Wellness Way, Milford, DE 19963 or Bethel U.M. Church, 129 W. 4th St., Lewes, DE 19958.