Clara Rose Hafford Akers

Mrs. Clara Rose Hafford Akers, 68, of 316 S. Main Street, died Saturday, December 6, 2008, at Brian Center in Salisbury. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 pm Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 pm Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the residence. Mrs. Akers was born April 8, 1940 in St. Francis, Maine. She was a daughter of the late Vincent Hafford, Sr. and Elsie Brownell Hafford. She formerly worked in the Dyeing Room at Cannon Mills Plant 1 in Kannapolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Allen Starnes; a sister, Viola Walker; and two brothers, Vincent Hafford, Jr. and Dana Hafford. Mrs. Akers is survived by her husband, Andy J. Akers, Sr.; daughter, Donna Wright and husband, Joey, of Kannapolis; two sons, Alvin Starnes of Smithfield, NC and Avery Starnes of Salisbury; three step-children, Catherine Greene of Cary, NC, Andy Akers, Jr. of Pawley's Island, SC and Matt Akers of Cincinnati, OH; six sisters, Ann Lovely and husband, Ebb, Mary West, Mona O'Neal, Christina York, Blondie Beaulieu and Ella Leighton, all of Ft. Fairfield, Maine; three grandchildren, Stacy Morris, Christie Anthony, and Allen Wright; four great grandchildren, Bryson, Faith, Chase and Haley; five step-grandchildren, Hudson, Ava, Jack, Sam and Katie.