Emma Ray Adkins

EMMA RAY ADKINS, 85, of Kingsville, Md., passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, at her home.  She was born May 5, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the late Clyde and Ruby Senate.  Emma was a perfectionist and was trusted to serve as an assistant to the Colonel of Baltimore County Police Department Headquarters, as well as the Administrative Assistant to the Governor of Virginia.

                Survivors include her beloved husband, Eugene S. Adkins Sr.; her daughter, Rhonda Adkins Erb and her husband Leonard Bruce Erb; her son, Eugene S. Adkins, Jr., and his wife Margaret Mary Adkins; six granddaughters, Katie Ann Pappas and her husband Andrew Nicholas Pappas, Kellie Eugenia Corcoran, Lisaray Shannon Adkins, Amber Joy Erb, Meghan Ellen Adkins, and Meaghan Victoria Erb; two grandsons, Eugene S. Adkins, III, and Connor Kenneth Bruce Erb; and five great grandsons, Andrew Eugene Pappas, Christopher Eugene Maden, Jackson Lucas Atkins, Alexander Basil Pappas, and Lucas Christian Maden.

                Graveside service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2023, at the Everett Adkins Cemetery, East Lynn, W.Va., with Pastors Emual Adkins and Danny Wooten officiating.  Arrangements entrusted to Johnson Tiller Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Autism Society of America or the Organization for Autism Research are suggested.

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