More detail on this person: Jim Aikman, 83, of
Russellville died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at
Mitchell Nursing Home in Danville.
He was born Feb. 11, 1930, at Bluffton to William
Forrest and Anna Bogle Aikman. He was a real
estate agent and was past president of the
Russellville Board of Realtors. He was a United
States Army LTC veteran of Korea and Vietnam, a
member of the Military Officers Association, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Kiwanis, was a
Mason and a member of Central Presbyterian
Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean
Crutchfield Aikman.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law,
Jim B. Jr. and Audrey Aikman and John C. and
Amy Aikman, all of Russellville; two daughters and
a son-in-law, Jane and Clyde Tipton of
Barnesville, Ohio, and Jill Aikman Bayless of
Hallsville, Texas; two brothers, Loy Aikman of
White Hall and Larry Aikman of Bluffton; a sister,
Virginia McCartney of Little Rock; and seven
grandchildren, Nelson Tipton of Barnsville, Susan
Tipton of Mountain Center, Calif., Bryan Tipton of
Richmond, Ind., Rebecca Bayless and Forrest
Bayless of New Orleans, La., Natalie Aikman and
David Aikman of Russellville.
The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. on
Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Central Presbyterian
Church, officiated by the Rev. Brian Brock. Burial
with military honors by V.F.W. Boyce-Woods Post
No. 3141, will be in Briggs Memorial Park in
Briggsville, by Shinn Funeral Service of
Russellville.
Family members will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Fourch Valley
Cultural Preservation and Restoration Society,
2067 S and G Circle, Harvey, AR 72841 or Central
Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 400 West Main
Street, Russellville, AR 72801.
The online obituary and guest book are available
at www.shinnfuneral.com
Read more: The Courier - Your Messenger for the
River Valley - Obituary Jim Aikman
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