Joan Atkins Obituary
We bid farewell to Joan Atkins (Jacksonville, Florida), whose journey of life gracefully concluded on December 5, 2024 at the age of 89. Joan touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her husband Siegel Oather Atkins, Jr. (S. O.); her daughter-in-law Lynette Atkins (Phil); her parents, Lester Lee Hodges, Sr. and Margaret Pauline Geer Hodges; her brothers, Kelly Jean Hodges and John Thomas Hodges (Carmen); her siblings-in-law, Gary Atkins, Bart Woods (Catherine), Kenneth Harrison (Reba), Harry Eskew (Margaret), Ernest Arnold (Betty), Bill Kent (Dorothea), Mary Lou Haspel (Johnny), Donna Atkins Thompson (Terry), Annalee Atkins Mattox (Willie), Ethel Hodges (Lester Hodges, Jr.) and Dottie Hodges (Leslie); and her nieces and nephews, Richard Erden, Kenneth Harrison, Mark Mattox, Tabetha Harrison Morales and Jeri Munsey.
She is survived by: her children, Phillip Bradley Atkins (Kerry McCulley Atkins) and Glenn Avery Atkins (Honey Kingery Atkins); her grandchildren, Greg Atkins, Sarah Atkins, Madison Avery Atkins and Andrew Atkins; her siblings, Lester Lee Hodges, Jr., Leslie Ray Hodges, James Warren Hodges (Elaine), Doris Ruth Hodges Hartley (William), Mary Catherine Woods, Reba Lorraine Harrison, Margaret Eskew, Betty Lucille Robertson (Gene), Dorothea June Kent, Lois Fay Pifer (Durward) and Julie Arlene Slate (Kenneth); her sister-in-law Pat Engstrom; and her nieces and nephews, Suzanne Haspel Campbell, Richard Haspel, Jeff Haspel, Kim Haspel Meadows, Vicki Smid, Terry Thompson, Brian Thompson, Todd Thompson, Kevin Mattox, Lori Gasson, Scott Atkins, Beth Jones, Toni Munsey, Patti Medenwald, Peggy Munsey, Mike Munsey, Bob Munsey, John Thomas Hodges, Jr., David Hodges, Lorraine Hodges, Margaret "Maggie" Hodges, Wendy Hodges, Lorraine Hodges Kratz, Roger Hodges, Laurie Hartley Vines, David Scott Hartley, Jeannie Hartley Bufkin, Stephen Hartley, Kathleen Stevens, Janet Harrison Davis, Timothy Eskew, Judith Eskew Thorne, Heather Arnold Spears, Sherry Dale Tibbets, Sheila Dale Bratton, Steven Dale, Katie Pifer Sakai, Kristy Pifer LaGue, James Warren Hodges, Jr., Alisa Hodges Mire, Elena Hodges, Sarah Hodges, Scott Slate, Aleasha Slate Huested and Jenna Slate Federau. She is also survived by her siblings, students, children, grandchildren.