_John Henry AKERS ______
                                                 | (.... - 1937)          
                           _James William AKERS _|
                          | (1874 - 1939) m 1898 |
                          |                      |_Mary Jane GREER _______
                          |                        (1851 - 1934)          
 _James William AKERS Jr._|
| (1903 - 1987) m 1929    |
|                         |                       _John McDonald PRESTON _+
|                         |                      | (1842 - 1906) m 1871   
|                         |_Surilda PRESTON _____|
|                           (1880 - 1953) m 1898 |
|                                                |_Louisa Jane BORDERS ___+
|                                                  (1851 - 1928) m 1871   
|
|--Larry AKERS 
|  (1945 - ....)
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|                          _Leslie Scott HAYES __|
|                         |                      |
|                         |                      |________________________
|                         |                                               
|_Dorothy E. HAYES _______|
  (1910 - ....) m 1929    |
                          |                       ________________________
                          |                      |                        
                          |_Bertha B. SPENCER ___|
                                                 |
                                                 |________________________