Mrs. Dolores Akin

December 11, 1933 - January 17, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Dolores Blythe Akin, 86, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Restland Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. B. A. Morris officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Dolores Blythe Akin was born December 11, 1933 in Frost, Texas. She passed this life January 17, 2020 in Carthage, Texas. Dolores was born to the marriage of Earl Clifton and Velma Ross Blythe. She was raised and schooled in Midlothian and Red Oak graduating from Red Oak High School. Dolores married Doris Ray Akin who preceded her in death after 62 years of marriage. Mrs. Akin retired as a longtime rural route mail carrier. She was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church, the Rural Mail Carriers Assoc., loved sewing, quilting, reading, and collecting teddy bears. She is also preceded in death by her parents, and brother Clifton Blythe. Mrs. Akin is survived by her daughters, Barbara Blassingame and husband J.D. of Lufkin, Patti Wadsworth and husband Dale of Springtown; grandchildren, Courtney Blassingame Knapp of Henderson, Patrick Blassingame of Harlingen, Clint Wadsworth and wife Debra of Conroe, Chad Wadsworth of Gunnison, CO, Shelby Morrison and husband Ryan of Azle; great grandchildren, Jackson Ross Knapp, Carol Wadsworth, Matthew Morrison, and Casey Morrison; dedicated sister-in-law, Mary Frances Osborne and husband Willis of Tyler; many other relatives and a host of friends. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com