Dora Ann Burris Akers

Dora Ann Burris Akers,83, of Kenova, W.Va., passed away Sunday, August 10, 2025 at the David Simpson Hospice House. Funeral service will be conducted 1:00 P.M. Saturday, August 16, 2025 at Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova with Pastor Scott Byard officiating. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Dora was born August 22, 1941 in Prichard, W.Va. a daughter of the late Lindsey Leslie and Gladys Marie Hatten Burris. She was retired from the V.A. Medical center and was a member of the First Independent Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband Hewlett Akers; brothers and sisters-in-law Loval M. Burris (Cynthia), Ernest Ben Burris (Phyllis) and Jarrett L. Burris (Elaine); three sisters and two brothers-in-law Margaret C. Burris, Virginia Burris Bentz (George) and Minnie Heaberlin (Jack) and brother-in-law Jim Jordan.  She is survived by a son Ronald H. Neal, II; step-daughter Linda Akers McCormick (Dutch); grandchildren Renee McCormick Fox (Jim), Michael McCormick (Jennifer), Brandon McCormick (Ingrid); great-grandchildren Savannah Fox Holland (Jennings), Luis Fox, Keyla Fox, Mika McCormick, Genesis McCormick, Peyton McCormick, Alejandro McCormick; great-great-grandchildren Theodore Holland, Clara Rose Holland and Josie Gail Fox; sister Nellie M. Jordan and several nieces and nephews.   Friends may call from noon – 1:00 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed at rollinsfh.com.