Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Shaver “Bill” Atkins 
Birth10 Jan 1908, Badin, Stanly County, NC
Death24 Jan 2003, Stanly Manor, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
BurialGold Hill Cemetery, Gold Hill, Rowan County, NC
FatherBenjamin Thomas Atkins M.D. (1877-1940)
MotherDora Lee Shaver (1886-1987)
Spouses
Birth29 Mar 1911
Death10 Oct 1984
BurialGold Hill Cemetery, Gold Hill, Rowan County, NC
Notes for William Shaver “Bill” Atkins
William Atkins
ALBEMARLE -- Mr. William Shaver Atkins, 95, of 625 Bethany Road, died Friday, January 24, 2003 at Stanly Manor Nursing Center, Albemarle. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in the Gold Hill Cemetery.
Born January 10, 1908 in Badin, NC, he was the son of the late Benjamin Thomas and Dora Lee Shaver Atkins. He was the retired owner and operator of Atkins Grocery, an avid hunter and fisherman and he loved his farm, raising cattle and border terriers. He was the widower of the late Bessie Lee Poole Atkins who preceded him in death in 1984. A son, Benjamin Thomas Atkins preceded him in death in 2002.
Surviving are his daughters, Jo Anna Grigg of Albemarle, NC, Patricia McDevitt of Southern Pines, NC, Billie Barbee of Albemarle, NC and Barbara Royster of Charlotte, NC; 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Stanly Funeral Home is serving the Atkins family.
Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan 2003
ALBEMARLE -- Mr. William Shaver Atkins, 95, of 625 Bethany Road, died Friday, January 24, 2003 at Stanly Manor Nursing Center, Albemarle. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in the Gold Hill Cemetery.
Born January 10, 1908 in Badin, NC, he was the son of the late Benjamin Thomas and Dora Lee Shaver Atkins. He was the retired owner and operator of Atkins Grocery, an avid hunter and fisherman and he loved his farm, raising cattle and border terriers. He was the widower of the late Bessie Lee Poole Atkins who preceded him in death in 1984. A son, Benjamin Thomas Atkins preceded him in death in 2002.
Surviving are his daughters, Jo Anna Grigg of Albemarle, NC, Patricia McDevitt of Southern Pines, NC, Billie Barbee of Albemarle, NC and Barbara Royster of Charlotte, NC; 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Stanly Funeral Home is serving the Atkins family.
Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan 2003