Elizabeth Raikes
Elizabeth Raikes of Hodgenville, formerly of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Ira Blevins and Lillie Richerson Blevins was born February 2, 1920 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 1:15 P.M., Saturday, January 7, 2012 in Hodgenville. Age: 91.
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Lowell Avenue Baptist Church.
She was a former sales clerk and retired employee of Fruit of the Loom.
She is survived by one son and one daughter and their spouses: Larry D. and Judy Raikes of Bardstown and Beverly and Leonard “Speedy” Akermon of Hodgenville; five grandchildren: Ryan Hamilton Raikes, Shellie Thompson and Robbie Offutt of Bardstown, Sheila Haselwood of Hodgenville and Lynn Akermon of Jeffersonville, Indiana; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Edwin Blevins of Campbellsville and Dr. Robert L. Blevins of Lexington; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by one sister and three brothers: Faye Jeanette Blevins in infancy, Carrol Blevins, Ray E. Blevins and Leslie Blevins.
VIVITATION: After 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. J. Alvin Hardy
BURIAL: Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
