John J.Atkinson;64;of 117 Allen Ave.;Belle Vernon (Lynnwood);was dead on arrival at Connellsville State General hospital at 2:15 p.m.;Tuesday;Sept.7;1976. He was born in Belle Vernon on Dec.22;1911;son of the late Daniel and Eleanor Hamilton Atkinson;and had been a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon area. He belonged to the Lynnwood Lutheran Church and retired in 1974 as a heat treater in the cold draw department of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Sophie Foster Atkinson;two sons;John D.of West Newton and Louis G.;at home;one daughter;Mrs.Raymond (Sharon) Milchovich;Jefferson Estates;Fayette City R.D.1;five sisters;Mrs.William Beck of Fellsburg;Mrs.Phyllis Roucroft and Mrs.Charles Kraft;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Fritz Reshenberg of Akron;Ohio and Mrs.Wilbur Stanger of Henryetta;Okla.;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Hartzel Michael of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.