Funeral services for Bobby Joe Adkisson, 79, of Marshall will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 20, 2012 at Clearview Baptist Church, 1000 Denton, Marshall, TX with Rev. Donald Robinette and Rev. Kenneth Flanagan officiating. Interment will follow in Grange Hall Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Adkisson passed away July 18, 2012. Bobby Joe Adkisson was born April 18, 1933 in Marshall to Robert and Myrtle Whatley Adkisson. He attended the Marshall Public Schools. Bobby Joe married Rosa Lee Hynson on April 8, 1952 in Ashdown, AR. They had six children: Vickie, Kathy, B.J., Jr., Eddie, Tresa and Scotty. Bobby Joe worked as a roofer from an early age for W.G. Harber Roofing Company until 1960 when he went to work for the Texas Department of Transportation as a truck driver until 1971. He was a charter member and a devoted deacon of Clearview Baptist Church. Bobby Joe loved fishing, gardening and enjoyed doing woodworking and yard work. He loved his wife and his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bobby Joe is survived by his wife, Rosa Lee Adkisson of Marshall; daughters, Vickie Hester and husband Bob, Kathy Elam and husband Don, both of Marshall and Tresa Smith and husband Buck of Longview; sons, B.J. Adkission, Jr., Eddie Adkisson and wife Rosemary and Scotty Adkisson, all of Marshall; sister, "Hazel Landreneaux of Marshall; brother, Max Adkisson of Longview; grandchildren, Stacy Talley and fiancé Keith Burns, Bernie Shaw and wife Katherine, James Elam and wife Kelley, Christy Farris and husband Buster, David Spence and fiance Paige; great grandchildren, Britney Childress, Brandon Childress, Morgan Shaw, Mariah Shaw, Kensie Elam, Addison Farris; and great great grandson, Kaden Childress. Bobby Joe was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Robert, Jr., and sisters Margaret Campbell and Mary Lee Harber. Pallbearers will be Keith Burns, Ryan Hall, Bernie Shaw, James Elam, Brandon Childress and David Spence. Honorary pallbearer will be Thomas Campbell.