Nancy Caroline (Storey) Adkins

   Nancy Caroline Adkins, 83, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Concord Health & Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg. She was born to the late Roberta Sagar and Willard C. Storey on August 31, 1938 in Portsmouth.

   Nancy was a registered nurse and had earned degrees from Shawnee State and Ohio University, culminating with a Bachelor of Nursing with an emphasis in psychiatric care. She had worked in many facilities throughout Portsmouth and had also taught at Shawnee State and the former SCJVS. Nancy was a 1956 Portsmouth High School graduate and she was of the Methodist faith.

   Surviving is her husband, Daniel Dee Adkins, whom she married in 1956 in Greenup, KY. Also surviving are two children, Kathy (Bruce) Clark of Wheelersburg and Bruce Daniel Adkins of Portsmouth; two grandchildren, Erica (Jordan) Bennett and Stacey (Eric) Croasmun; one great-grandson, Jacob Croasmun; four siblings, John Storey, Phyllis VanQuill and Julie Bowles, all of Portsmouth, and Kimberly Storey of Dallas.

   In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Jeri Adkins; and six siblings, Will, Robert, Patrick, James and Timothy Storey, and Rebecca Paul.

   Private funeral services will be held under the direction of the Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home in Portsmouth with Dennis Dawes, minister, officiating.

   Memorial contributions may be made in Nancy’s name to the Salvation Army, 1001-9^th St., Portsmouth, OH 45662.

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