Gary D. Akin
August 7, 1953 ~ December 20, 2019
Gary D. Akin, 66, of Trafalgar, passed away at December 20, 2019, at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Care Facility.
Gary was born August 7, 1953, in Columbus, the son of Jack D. and Nancy Mast Akin. He married Nancy Reed Philyaw on October 23, 2013.
Gary is survived by his wife; a daughter Nicole D. (Jason) Petro of Columbus; “bonus” children Brittney (Tony) Judd and Chris (Susie) Davis both of Scottsburg; grandchildren Eli Dicken, Jackson Petro, and Nicolas Petro; “bonus” grandchildren Angel Waters, Jonathan Afify, Peyton Philyaw, Skylar and Jaden Combs, as well as Raelyn Davis; brothers Tom (Linda) Akin of Kentucky and Jon Akin of Indiana; as well as a sister Linda (Dan) Mustard of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gary served in the U.S. Air Force from 1972 to 1975, and was a previous co-owner of .dwg Tooling Technologies. He loved riding his Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic, and was a member of the FFMC (Finally Free Motorcycle Club). Gary especially loved fishing with his grandchildren.
In keeping with Gary’s wishes, cremation is planned. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.
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Nancy and I have known each other since we were kids and we only got the opportunity of meeting Gary once but what a wonderful meeting it was. He was so sweet and funny and it felt like we had known him for years. It was easy to see and feel the love between Gary and Nancy. My heart, love and prayers go out to all who loved Gary.
I first met Gary (Packrat) at circle k. I was sitting on my bike smoking a cigarette drinking a coke, Gary rides up on his bike and as you can imagine we start talking about bikes. We must have sat there for an hour. We exchanged numbers and he gave me a chain bracket he had on and said we are brothers now. I remember it like it was yesterday. He was a good man and an even better friend. I miss you brother.
Ride free Gary. My thoughts and prayers for Nancy and the family.
Forever in our memories …. Diane Mueller Brown Burgmeier.
I first met Gary when we were both in Tech school at Keesler AFB, MS circa 1972. We were both stationed in Germany at Lindsey AS in Wiesbaden, Germany.
We kept in touch off and on and around 2002 he called me saying his marriage was failing along with his business and he was at his wits end, needing a cash infusion.
I immediately sent him $10,000 and it seemed to do the trick.
15 years later I had lost my business, my home, my cars and reached out to him to see if he could repay anything. He blew up at me, told me to pound sand and blocked me on social media.
That’s who Gary was, a user and a taker who talked a big game about brotherhood.