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Submitted by Carole French Disanto

March 1997

ADKINSON,  Lee

Mr. Lee Adkinson, 73, and Mrs. Garnett Gayle Adkinson, 52, of 257 Providence Road, died Thursday, March 20, 1997. (See related story, Page 1-A)

Mr. Lee Olan Adkinson was born July 19, 1923 in Mercer County, the son of the late Orville Lee and Mamie Catlett Adkinson/

He was a retired Kentucky State Policeman, having served from 1947 to 1966, and a member of the Cornishville Christian Church.

He had served as police chief of Harrodsburg for a short period and was a motor vehicle inspector for the Kentucky Department of Transportation until his retirement in 1974. He was a navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include: two sons, David Myron (Kandie) Adkinson, Midway and Ronald Lee (Cathy) Adkinson, Wright City, MO; two step daughters, Mrs. Bobby (Lisa) Robinson and Lynn Sluder, both of Madison County; four grandchildren, four step grandchildren, two great grandchildren; one brother, Lloyd Melwood Adkinson, Biloxi, MS.