Carl Vernon Achens, 79, son of George and Brady Mayberry Achens, was born March 25, 1925, at Houston. He died Jan. 31, 2004, at Keiser, Ark. Surviving are his wife, Viola, who he married in 1976; one son, one daughter, and stepchildren. Services were Feb. 2 at Roller-Swift Funeral Home at Osceola, Ark. Burial was in the Potter’s Cemetery at Lepanto, Ark. “
