Pascagoula, MS: Peter Richardson Akley, age 76, of Pascagoula, MS, died May 1, 2020, at the Singing Rivers Hospital of COVID-19. He was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, on October 8, 1943, son to the late Clarence Vernon and Helene Erma (Richardson) Akley. He is survived by his sister: Jeanne Elliot and her husband, Arthur, of Lyndon Center, VT, and his daughter: Tonya Buzzi Smith of Colchester, VT. A time of remembrance will be held by the family, and a complete obituary will be published at a later date.