SHARPTOWN - Robert Carlton "Bob" Adkins, Sr., died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Marion Carlton Adkins and Dorothy Mae Moore Adkins. He served in the U.S. Air Force and worked for many years as a self-employed long distance truck driver. He was a member of American Legion Dor-Wic Post No. 218 in Sharptown, a 45-year member of Sharptown Volunteer Fire Company, a staff member of Maryland State Good Sam RV Association and a member of Eastern Shore Seagulls RV Chapter, R&R RV Chapter, Red Knights Chapter Three and H.O.G. Delmarva Chapter in Seaford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Walker Adkins, who died in 2011; and a sister, Eloise Yount. He is survived by three sons, Tommy Adkins, of Salisbury, J.R. Adkins, of Sharptown, and Billy Adkins, of Sharptown; two granddaughters; four brothers, Frank Adkins, of Laurel, Tommy Adkins, of Nanticoke, Alton Adkins, of Salisbury and Marion Adkins, of Salisbury; several nieces and nephews; and a special companion, Mary O. Mackinnon, of Salisbury. A funeral services was held Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at the Sharptown Firemen's Memorial Building. Interment was in Sharptown Firemen's Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Zeller Funeral Home in East New Market.