Clarence E.(Peanuts) Atkins;73;of 427 Fell St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Jan.2;1976.at 9:42 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital following a short illness. Mr.Atkins;a retired employee of the former McCraffery Pontiac Garage in Charleroi;was admitted to the hospital Jan.1. He was preceded in death by his wife;Evelyn Summerville Atkins;on July 4;1969;and by a sister;Virginia Atkins. Mrs.Atkins was born in Glassport on March 29;1904;a son of the late Henry C.and Mary J.Atkins and had spent his childhood in Monessen. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon and a former member of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and the Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co. He is survived by two daughters;Mrs.Gordon (Connie Lou) Bethem of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Gary (Joyce) Dull;at home;one son;Gale T.Atkins;at home;nine grandchildren;one sister;Mrs.Lillian Pattron of Aliquippa;and one brother;Dale Atkins of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received in the Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home in Belle Vernon from 7 until 9 p.m.on Saturday;Jan3;1976 and from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m.on Sunday;Jan.4;1976;where funeral services will be held on Monday;Jan.5;1976 at 11 a.m.with the Rev.R.Dawson Hopson;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. David P.Rhome;temporary supervisor;in charge.