Last Updated: August 26, 2024
It is with great sadness that we share the recent loss of Bill Akers, EMS Education Program Director for the Associates of Applied Science, EMS Technology program at Southwest Virginia Community College. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m., Monday, August 26, 2024 at Lebanon Community Fellowship Church: https://www.chfunerals.com/obituaries/william-akers.
Bill received the Governor’s EMS Award for Outstanding Prehospital Educator in 2014, and this year was recognized at the Governor’s Mansion by Governor Glenn Youngkin as the recipient of the EMS Award for Excellence in EMS. Bill was a long-time active member of the state EMS Advisory Board’s Training and Certification Committee (TCC), and an advocate for EMS education and training in Southwest Virginia and the Commonwealth.
Bill made a tremendous impact on Virginia’s EMS System and he will be remembered for his selfless contributions to public service and dedication to training and educating EMS providers. We will keep Bill’s family, community college faculty and students, and EMS community and colleagues close to our hearts and minds during this incredibly difficult time.