Margaret Ann Akers Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Margaret Ann Akers (Salem, Virginia), born in Covington, Virginia, who passed away on August 9, 2023, at the age of 74, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Margaret Ann Akers to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Collins McKemy Hughes and Margaret McCormick Hughes; her sister Betty Ann Hughes; and her brother-in-law William Claude Siple. She is survived by: her sisters, Susan Hughes Pittman (Ed Pittman) and Brenda Hughes Siple; her son Joshua Huffman-Hughes Akers (Lauren Petty Akers); her stepchildren, Jeffery Wade-Scott Akers and Julie Akers Hodges (Dennis Mitchell Hodges); her grandchildren, Jessica Scaggs Turley (Brandyn Wayne Turley), Sara Hodges Russell (Emory Brevard Russell) and Jensen William-Gene Akers; her great grandchildren, Blake Wayne Turley, Marissa Janel Turley, Lincoln Ruth Turley and Mattox Elias Russell; her nephew William Paul Siple (Alex Siple); her niece Lauren Siple Budlong (Nick Budlong); her great-niece Lillian Bordens; and her close friends, Darlene Tucker Moore, Nancy Carol Mattox and Dreama Akers Poore. She is also survived by numerous aunts and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that gifts be made to an endowed scholarship that has been established in Peggy's memory at Roanoke College.