Obituary for Cecil Goodrich Eakins appeared in Wilmington Morning Star on January 18, 2003.

Part of the obituary follows:
Cecil Goodrich Eakins, age 85, of Ivanhoe, NC died thursday, January 16, 2003. Mr. Eakins was born June 27, 1917 in the Sholoh Community near Ivanhoe and was the son of the late Major A. and Sarah Moore Eakins. He was the youngest of ten children who all predeceased him.
Surviving are his wife of sixty one years, Mildred Johnson Eakins of the home; sons Cecil Franklin Eakins and wife, Judie of Scotts Hill, and J. William Eakins, MD and wife Shelby of Wilmington; daughter Patricia Eakins Simmons and husband, Thomas "Skeet" Simmins of Ivanhoe; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

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Do you have any connections to Nancy Eakins, daughter of Charles Eakins and Susan Pickett, who married George Washington Reaves in Colvin's Creek Township, Currie, NC,? Nancy Eakins was born about 1860.