[Cars Outside Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of a hearse and a fire truck parked in front of a Presbyterian church for Assistant Chief Ruie E. Akin's funeral in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen Standing at Attention Outside Station]

Photograph of a group of firemen in uniform standing at attention for Assistant Chief Ruie E. Akin's funeral, outside the central fire station in Beaumont, Texas. The first four men in the line, from left to right, are A. B. O'Quinn, John McReir, Onion Wilkerson, and Joe Curry. The ninth man from the left is Ed Grass, and the twelfth from the left is Frank Estes.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History