James L. Akins (Jr.) age 75 of Brownsville (Formerly) of Friendship, TN. died November 22, 2017 at Dyersburg Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be held Friday, December 1, 2017 6:00pm- 8:00pm at McCreight Funeral Home 1607 Hornbrook St. Dyersburg, TN. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2017 12: Noon at New Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Friendship, TN. Officiating will be Minister Daniel Akins. Burial will be held in Williams Chapel Cemetery in Friendship, TN. Pallbearers, Mitchell Hill, Dale Tatum, Cyrus Johnson, Rickey, King, Wayne Tatum, Debaron Tatum. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth Ann Thompson Akins, Brownsville, TN., Daughters, Tina Akins, Dyersburg, Nicole Owens, Brandlin (Chris)Turner, Brownsville, TN., Atonua (Lonnie) Gauldin, Memphis, TN., Rebecca Sowell, Detroit, MI. Sons, Robert Tatum, Detroit, MI., James Redell (Connie) Tatum, Dyersburg, TN., Troy, Akins, Friendship, TN., Reginald (Willie) Goings, Memphis, TN., Kim (Melinie) Akins, Memphis, TN., Shane Akins, Brownsville, TN... Brothers, Lawdell (Emma) Fields, Dyersburg, TN., James Cook, Hatley, IL.  Arrangement entrusted to McCreight Funeral Home. McCreight Funeral Home is honored to serve the Akins family. A Legacy of Life, Every Life is worth Remembering. www.mccrieghtfuneralhome.com.