Gary E. Adkins

He was a brick layer. He had a love for horses and fishing.

Survivors include his wife: Bonnie Adkins; children: Hope Thatcher and Tashon, Cheyenne Floyd, and Brandon Floyd; grandson: Quinton Eason; one brother: Michael Adkins and Pauline of Greeneville; two sisters: Pamela Tester and David of Elizabethton and Teresa Tester and Luke of North Carolina; two special nephews: John Adkins and Doug Shaver; and several other nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Floyd Adkins and Lois Russell, and a sister, Kimberly Graham.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2-4 pm at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be at 4 pm in the funeral home chapel with Mary Jane Farmer, CLP officiating.