Mona Adkins

Mona Gay Adkins, age 84, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Mona was born on July 8, 1933 to her parents the late Melvin Wright and Lexie Osborne Wright. Mona was the wife of the late Reaford Grant Adkins, a homemaker, and a member of Dorton Old Regular Baptist Church and Elizabeth Old Regular Baptist Church for over 59 years. Along with her husband and parents, Mona was preceded in death by one brother, Gerald Wright, and one infant sister, Shirley Wright, and her son in law, Kenny Nelson. Mona is survived by three daughters, Cheryl (Jay) Goad, Sheila (Kenny) Nelson, Darlene (Kevin) Damron, one son, Tony (Tara) Adkins, one brother, Ron Wright, two sisters, Patricia McPeek, Greta Bowling, a special sister in law, Linda Gail Wright, ten grandchildren, April (Shawn), Angela, Joshua, Tanya (Tony), Sheena (Barry), Makayla (Brennan), Kennedy, Austin, Logan, Carson, eight great grandchildren, Lexie, Grant, Ella, Finley, Benny, Cooper, Harper, and Kinley, and a host of loving family and friends. Visitation will be Friday at 6p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home. Church services will be Friday and Saturday at 7p.m. The funeral will be Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017 at 1p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home with Carson Wright and others officiating. Burial will follow in the Warren G. Adkins Cemetery at Ford's Branch.