Sidney Garrison (Gary) Acker, a 24-year-old Harrisonburg school teacher, was killed in a deer hunting accident in Augusta County, southwest of Briery Branch, early Thursday morning.
Mr. Acker was struck in the stomach by a rifle shot fired by a 14-year-old boy and died enroute to Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Augusta County Deputy Sheriff George Stephenson said that Mr. Acker and his brother, William Hampton Acker of Raleigh, N.C., had arrived at Narrow Back Mountain just minutes before the mishap. Day was beginning to break when the brothers were headed up the mountain toward the area in which they planned to hunt. Gary was leading and his brother was following.
The youth told officers thathe heard a noise and fired a shot from his .30-30 Marlin rifle. Officers said the boy went to summon help which William Acker stayed with his wounded brother.
Harrisonburg Rescue Squadmen, who received the call, at about 6:45 a.m., said they had to walk some three miles to reach the victim and bring him from the mountain on a stretcher. He died enroute to the hospital.
Mr. Acker was a sixth grade teacher at Keister Elementary in Harrisonburg. He and his wife, the former Donna Jill Stiteler, were married Thanksgiving Day a year ago.
Mr. Acker was born in Harrisonburg March 4, 1942 and was a son of Mrs. Mildred Garrison Acker of Harrisdnburg and the late H. Sidney Acker. Surviving, in addition to his wife, mother and brother, are another brother, James Brae Acker of Raleigh, N.C.; two grandmothers, Mrs. J. S. Garrison of Harrisonburg and Mrs. J. W. Acker of Singers Glen, and a number of aunts and uncles.
Mr. Acker graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N. C. in 1960 and later attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, S. C. He graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, N.C. in 1964 and had been teaching in Harrisonburg for two years. He also had worked at the Rockingham National Bank.
He was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, where he was an offcier and church school teacher. He also
had worked with youth programs in the city, including the Boy Scouts.
The funeral will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephens UCC by the Rev. Edouard H. Taylor. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens.
The Keister School faculty and Rockingham National Bank employes will serve as honorary attendants.
The body is at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home.
The casket will not be opened in the church.
Friends may call at the home of his mother, 220 Paul St. Relatives will meet there at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
Harrisonburg, Virginia, Friday, November 25, 1966
Mr. Acker was struck in the stomach by a rifle shot fired by a 14-year-old boy and died enroute to Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Augusta County Deputy Sheriff George Stephenson said that Mr. Acker and his brother, William Hampton Acker of Raleigh, N.C., had arrived at Narrow Back Mountain just minutes before the mishap. Day was beginning to break when the brothers were headed up the mountain toward the area in which they planned to hunt. Gary was leading and his brother was following.
The youth told officers thathe heard a noise and fired a shot from his .30-30 Marlin rifle. Officers said the boy went to summon help which William Acker stayed with his wounded brother.
Harrisonburg Rescue Squadmen, who received the call, at about 6:45 a.m., said they had to walk some three miles to reach the victim and bring him from the mountain on a stretcher. He died enroute to the hospital.
Mr. Acker was a sixth grade teacher at Keister Elementary in Harrisonburg. He and his wife, the former Donna Jill Stiteler, were married Thanksgiving Day a year ago.
Mr. Acker was born in Harrisonburg March 4, 1942 and was a son of Mrs. Mildred Garrison Acker of Harrisdnburg and the late H. Sidney Acker. Surviving, in addition to his wife, mother and brother, are another brother, James Brae Acker of Raleigh, N.C.; two grandmothers, Mrs. J. S. Garrison of Harrisonburg and Mrs. J. W. Acker of Singers Glen, and a number of aunts and uncles.
Mr. Acker graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N. C. in 1960 and later attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, S. C. He graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, N.C. in 1964 and had been teaching in Harrisonburg for two years. He also had worked at the Rockingham National Bank.
He was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, where he was an offcier and church school teacher. He also
had worked with youth programs in the city, including the Boy Scouts.
The funeral will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephens UCC by the Rev. Edouard H. Taylor. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens.
The Keister School faculty and Rockingham National Bank employes will serve as honorary attendants.
The body is at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home.
The casket will not be opened in the church.
Friends may call at the home of his mother, 220 Paul St. Relatives will meet there at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
Harrisonburg, Virginia, Friday, November 25, 1966
Sidney Garrison (Gary) Acker, a 24-year-old Harrisonburg school teacher, was killed in a deer hunting accident in Augusta County, southwest of Briery Branch, early Thursday morning.
Mr. Acker was struck in the stomach by a rifle shot fired by a 14-year-old boy and died enroute to Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Augusta County Deputy Sheriff George Stephenson said that Mr. Acker and his brother, William Hampton Acker of Raleigh, N.C., had arrived at Narrow Back Mountain just minutes before the mishap. Day was beginning to break when the brothers were headed up the mountain toward the area in which they planned to hunt. Gary was leading and his brother was following.
The youth told officers thathe heard a noise and fired a shot from his .30-30 Marlin rifle. Officers said the boy went to summon help which William Acker stayed with his wounded brother.
Harrisonburg Rescue Squadmen, who received the call, at about 6:45 a.m., said they had to walk some three miles to reach the victim and bring him from the mountain on a stretcher. He died enroute to the hospital.
Mr. Acker was a sixth grade teacher at Keister Elementary in Harrisonburg. He and his wife, the former Donna Jill Stiteler, were married Thanksgiving Day a year ago.
Mr. Acker was born in Harrisonburg March 4, 1942 and was a son of Mrs. Mildred Garrison Acker of Harrisdnburg and the late H. Sidney Acker. Surviving, in addition to his wife, mother and brother, are another brother, James Brae Acker of Raleigh, N.C.; two grandmothers, Mrs. J. S. Garrison of Harrisonburg and Mrs. J. W. Acker of Singers Glen, and a number of aunts and uncles.
Mr. Acker graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N. C. in 1960 and later attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, S. C. He graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, N.C. in 1964 and had been teaching in Harrisonburg for two years. He also had worked at the Rockingham National Bank.
He was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, where he was an offcier and church school teacher. He also
had worked with youth programs in the city, including the Boy Scouts.
The funeral will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephens UCC by the Rev. Edouard H. Taylor. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens.
The Keister School faculty and Rockingham National Bank employes will serve as honorary attendants.
The body is at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home.
The casket will not be opened in the church.
Friends may call at the home of his mother, 220 Paul St. Relatives will meet there at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
Harrisonburg, Virginia, Friday, November 25, 1966
Mr. Acker was struck in the stomach by a rifle shot fired by a 14-year-old boy and died enroute to Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Augusta County Deputy Sheriff George Stephenson said that Mr. Acker and his brother, William Hampton Acker of Raleigh, N.C., had arrived at Narrow Back Mountain just minutes before the mishap. Day was beginning to break when the brothers were headed up the mountain toward the area in which they planned to hunt. Gary was leading and his brother was following.
The youth told officers thathe heard a noise and fired a shot from his .30-30 Marlin rifle. Officers said the boy went to summon help which William Acker stayed with his wounded brother.
Harrisonburg Rescue Squadmen, who received the call, at about 6:45 a.m., said they had to walk some three miles to reach the victim and bring him from the mountain on a stretcher. He died enroute to the hospital.
Mr. Acker was a sixth grade teacher at Keister Elementary in Harrisonburg. He and his wife, the former Donna Jill Stiteler, were married Thanksgiving Day a year ago.
Mr. Acker was born in Harrisonburg March 4, 1942 and was a son of Mrs. Mildred Garrison Acker of Harrisdnburg and the late H. Sidney Acker. Surviving, in addition to his wife, mother and brother, are another brother, James Brae Acker of Raleigh, N.C.; two grandmothers, Mrs. J. S. Garrison of Harrisonburg and Mrs. J. W. Acker of Singers Glen, and a number of aunts and uncles.
Mr. Acker graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N. C. in 1960 and later attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, S. C. He graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, N.C. in 1964 and had been teaching in Harrisonburg for two years. He also had worked at the Rockingham National Bank.
He was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, where he was an offcier and church school teacher. He also
had worked with youth programs in the city, including the Boy Scouts.
The funeral will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephens UCC by the Rev. Edouard H. Taylor. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens.
The Keister School faculty and Rockingham National Bank employes will serve as honorary attendants.
The body is at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home.
The casket will not be opened in the church.
Friends may call at the home of his mother, 220 Paul St. Relatives will meet there at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
Harrisonburg, Virginia, Friday, November 25, 1966
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