NAPPANEE - Larry LaMarr Lakins, 68, of Surf City, N.C., and formerly of Nappanee, died at 6:40 p.m. Aug. 26, 2007, at Goshen General Hospital following a sudden illness.
He was born June 28, 1939, in Bremen, to Robert and Lucille Guard Parcell, both survive in Syracuse. On Sept. 2, 1961, he married Ann M. Anderson, who died Dec. 4, 1997.
He was the former owner of the Old Buffalo Inn Bed and Breakfast, Nappanee. He was a 1957 graduate of Nappanee High School. He was a member of the 1957 Elkhart sectional championship basketball team. He graduated from North Carolina State, where he was captain of the basketball team in 1965. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Korea and later in the Berlin Crisis. He was a member of Nappanee United Methodist Church and attended the Faith Harbor United Methodist Church, Surf City.
Also surviving are a son, LaMarr Lakins II, Raleigh, N.C.; three sisters: Mrs. Bill (Jane) Musser and Vicky Blosser, both of Syracuse; Mrs. Levi (Jan) Barnhart, South Bend; a brother, Jim Parcell, Columbus, Ind.; a fiance, Susan VanNote, Wilmington, N.C.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at Edenton Street United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jonathon Jeffries officiating. Burial will be at Watha United Methodist Church Cemetery, Watha, N.C.
Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.
Memorials to Larry Lakins Athletic Scholarship Fund c/o Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home.
