Funeral service will be conducted at 6 p.m. Friday at Myers-Reed Chapel on 25th Street. Calling will be from 2 p.m. until service time Friday.
In keeping with Mr. Axsom's wishes, cremation is planned.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the donor's choice of charities
Mr. Axsom is survived by his wife, Mary Combs Axsom; sons, Nick (April) Axsom, Shreveport, La., and Jeff Axsom, Lanesville; daughters, Tracy Coop, Columbus, and Ashley (York) Pollert, Lafayette; brothers, David Axsom, Louisville, Ky., and Danny Axsom, North Vernon; a sister, Sara Jane (Rick) Lucas, Columbus; five grandchildren' and six great-grandchildren.