William Gerald ‘Jerry’ Adkins, 71

William Gerald “Jerry” Adkins, 71, of Fenwick Island, Del., passed away
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, at his home. A graduate of St. James School, he
attended Emory University in Atlanta and graduated from the University of
Delaware, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He taught for 10 years
at the former Lord Baltimore High School. A prominent business man in Sussex.
County, he was a real estate broker and developer. In addition to developing
the Keenwicks, he owned and operated Treasure Beach RV Park, Bayville Shopping
Center, Bayville Package Store and Bayville Marina.

Adkins was a member and served on the vestry of St. Martin’s In-The-Field
Episcopal Church in Selbyville and was also a member of Doric Masonic Lodge No.
30 in Millville, the Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerce, Sussex County Board
of Realtors and the Rotary Club. He had previously served as chairman of the
Delaware Solid Waste Authority and chairman of the Sussex County Democratic
Committee and had been a member of the Delaware Judicial Committee for
Magistrate Courts and on the Board of Delaware Technical and Community College,
Owens Campus, Georgetown.

An avid traveler, he had traveled extensively in the United States and around
the world, having visited many foreign countries and exotic places. For the
last 25 years, he spent the winter months at his second home in Ocean Ridge,
Fla., and although he really enjoyed hunting, his greatest passion was sailing.

Adkins was preceded in death by his parents, C. Edward and Pearle Murray
Adkins. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Junis B. Adkins; a son,
Andrew W. Adkins and his wife Pamela of Fenwick Island; two daughters, Jerean
Adkins and her companion Mark Warren of Fenwick Island and Heather A. Marsden
and her husband Scott of Annapolis, Md.; a sister, Patricia A. Derrickson and
her husband William of Seaford; seven grandchildren, Lauren, Alexander and
Caroline Marsden and Christopher, Jonathan, Matthew and Andrew Thomas Adkins;
also several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services at St. Martin’s In-The-Field Episcopal Church and burial in
Roxana Cemetery were private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests
contributions to St. Martin’s In-The-Field Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 697,
Selbyville, DE 19975; or the Peninsula Regional Medical Center Foundation, 100
East Carroll St., Salisbury, MD 21801-5493.

Source: Coastal Point