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Funeral Arrangements Announced for Glasgow Firefighter
Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 ; 06:25 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Monday, March 22, 2010; 08:05 PM

Donnie Adkins, 32, drowned Saturday while performing a swift water rescue in Beaver.

BECKLEY -- Funeral services for Glasgow Firefighter Donald Adkins will be Wednesday, March 24, at 1 p.m. at Riverside High School. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Adkins died Saturday, March 13, while trying to rescue a family stranded in a flooded home on Violet Lane in Beaver. The boat he was in capsized and Adkins was swept downstream.

His body was recovered Friday, March 19.

Firefighters, rescue crews and volunteers gathered on the YMCA soccer complex in Beckley Friday to pay their respects to volunteer firefighter, Donnie Adkins.

Firefighters draped Adkins in the American flag and Health Net flew over as his body was loaded into a waiting ambulance.

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