Roger Lee Atkins, 75, of Sperryville, Virginia, passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at Lavender Hills Front Royal Campus in Front Royal, Virginia.
Roger Lee Atkins
A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 29, at 1:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home, with Pastor Sandy Martin officiating. Interment will follow in Washington Masonic Cemetery in Washington, Virginia.
Roger was born February 6, 1949, in Rappahannock County, Virginia, the son of the late Roy Reynolds Atkins, Sr. and Mary Anna Jenkins Atkins.
He retired after many years as an Inspector from VDOT. Following retirement, Roger enjoyed traveling with family and friends to Montana, where he loved to fish and enjoy the outdoors.
His family and many friends will greatly miss him.
Surviving is a brother, Roy Atkins, Jr. and wife Betty of Boston, Virginia; one sister, Beverly Atkins and husband Ronald of Washington, Virginia; nephew, Todd Atkins and wife Holly of Flint Hill, Virginia; and his loving and longtime companion, Betty Sisk of Sperryville, Virginia.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Patricia Atkins.
Todd Atkins, David Smoot, Neil Atkins, Andy Dwyer, Darren Dodson, Ronald Dodson, Edward Jenkins, and Rodney Coates will be pallbearers.
His caregivers, Debbie Frye, Nancy Freeman, Michelle Jenkins, Kim Nicholson, Linda Baldwin, Diana Corbin, Conner Frye, and Jordan Frye, will be honorary pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, November 29, from 12 to 1 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sperryville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, 12 Main Street, Sperryville, Virginia 22740.
