74, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather went to be with our Lord and Savior. He was a lifelong resident of Tampa, graduate of Chamberlain High School, electrical contractor and owner of Akins Electric Company. Paul was also a lifetime member of the NRA and an avid hunter. He was preceded in death by his parents, William H. and Mary Margaret Akins and is survived by his beautiful, brown-eyed bride, Janet Matches-Akins; brothers, Jackie and William H. Akins Jr.; sister, Margaret Fuller; children, Paul T. and Sheree Akins, Beverly Lynn and Nick Lucas, and John B. and Amanda Akins; grandchildren, Stephanie, Lindsey, Kyndal, Paul Troy III, Christopher, Cory and Joshua; six great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2015 in the Adams & Jennings Chapel with burial to follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until service time. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Wounded Warrior Project (woundedwarriorproject.org) in Paul’s memory.