Patrick H. Adkins

Patrick H. Adkins, a prolific author and expert in information technology, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the age of 67. Beloved husband of 43 years to Dixie Adkins. Son of the late Albert Blackburn Adkins and Grace Viering Adkins. Loving father of Alisha Beth Adkins (Christopher Sagrera), Alexander Lee Adkins and Adam Henry Adkins. Patrick was born in New Orleans and was a resident of Gretna, LA. Pat was a writer, editor, and publisher. He belonged to the New Orleans Science Fiction Association, the Burroughs Bibliophiles, and the Edgar Rice Burroughs Amateur Press Association (ERB-APA). He was a lifetime member of the NRA. In college, he was editor of the UNO literary magazine, and later was the editor and publisher of works by David H. Keller, Frank Morlock’s translations for Shakespeare in France, and previously unpublished works by Edgar Rice Burroughs under the imprint, “Guidry and Adkins.” He wrote countless articles, many short stories, three novels in a fantasy series, one novel of imaginative horror, and ghostwrote a major textbook on ophthalmology. He worked as an Information Management Specialist, calling himself a “wild document tamer,” helping produce massive feasibility studies on the Gulf for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. A visitation will be held at MOTHE FUNERAL HOME, 1300 Vallette Street, Algiers, LA on Monday, April 13, 2015 from 6PM until 9PM. Visitation will resume at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from 8AM until 11AM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday at 11AM. Interment will be in McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, LA.