In Rhett Akins ' 2006 song " If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away ", better known from Justin Moore's 2011 cover, the Flint River is mentioned: " Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge, A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa fished, There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road.

Akins dislikes the city's reliance on Batman, though sometimes he is forced to work with the Caped Crusader as needed.

His initial reluctance to work with Batman originated from a past incident when a street vigilante, sanctioned by Akins during his days with the Gateway City police, botched the rescue attempt of a kidnapped child ; Akins blamed himself for the result, in which both the vigilante and child were killed.

After becoming a recognizable name in the late 1970s, Akins did testimonial TV commercials for PoliGrip, Rollins Truck Leasing and AAMCO transmissions.

Powerful in appearance and voice, Akins could be counted on to play the clever ( or less than clever ) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television.

A U. S. Built Ferguson TO-35 is featured in the music video for the song " Farmer's Daughter " written by Marv Green, Rhett Akins, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins.

Akins also made a golfing video with Ron Masak titled Tom Kite and Friends.

* NBC ran two popular TV series about truck drivers in the 1970s featuring actor Claude Akins in major roles:

Numerous actors, sports figures and former real-life cops who were familiar to audiences in the 1960s and 1970s made appearances on the series, including Andrew Stevens, Danny Bonaduce, Ed Asner, Eve McVeagh, David Janssen, Claude Akins, Robert Stack, Mike Connors, Stuart Whitman, Lenore Kasdorf, David Cassidy, John Saxon, Kurt Russell, Cameron Mitchell, Martin Milner, Vince Edwards, Robert Forster, William Shatner, Dean Stockwell, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, George Maharis, Wayne Maunder, Howard Duff, Chad Everett, Don Meredith, Steve Lawrence, Gabe Kaplan, Robert Goulet, Sylvester Stallone, Joseph Campanella, Michael Cole ( 2 episodes ), Joe Garagiola, Stephen Mcnally and Eddie Egan.

Created by Christopher Crowe and Glen A. Larson, the series stars Greg Evigan and Claude Akins.

Immortal Grand Prix ( IGPX ), created by Toonami producers Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by anime studio Production I. G, aired in five short installments and served as a pilot for the second Toonami original series, which premiered in November 2005 ( a brief note: although Megas XLR was the first original American-made franchise to actually debut on the block, it was initially a Cartoon Network original that was planned to air on Friday nights ; other Cartoon Network action properties, namely Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, and Justice League, aired on Toonami but weren't exclusive to the block until their final seasons ).

Grier appeared in the 1974-1976 NBC TV series Movin ' On with Claude Akins, filmed in Grier's home state of Georgia.

In 1962, he and Claude Akins guest-starred as feuding brothers in " The Stubborn Stumbos " episode of Marilyn Maxwell's ABC drama series Bus Stop.

Kate Kane referred to Akins as police commissioner in the weekly 52 series, which reveals the events of the missing year.

Michael Akins is a fictional character in DC Comics ' Batman comics series.

Akins was featured in two episodes of the original CBS series The Twilight Zone ( i. e., " The Little People " and " The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street "), three episodes of Combat!

Federal Election Commission v. Akins, 524 U. S. 11 ( 1998 ), was a United States Supreme Court case deciding that an individual could sue for a violation of a federal law pursuant to a statute enacted by the U. S. Congress which created a general right to access certain information.

Despite being referred to as Commissioner in an earlier issue of 52, which covers the gap between Infinite Crisis and One Year Later and a later issue having a brief shot a welcome back party thrown for Gordon, it was not revealed there what happened to Akins.

However, early in the 2006 season, Akins was purchased by Braun Racing, which switched the # 38 from Dodge to Chevrolet bodies.

John R. Akins ended up with 76 votes ( 26. 95 percent ) and election officials said the outcome of the board ’ s review on Monday could potentially change the decision in this race.

This was followed by Eugene O ' Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, Luigi Chiarelli's The Mask and the Face, with Humphrey Bogart, and Zoe Akins ' The Old Maid from the novel by Edith Wharton, in the role later played on film by Miriam Hopkins.

A meteorite lands on the property of Nathan Hayes ( Claude Akins ) and local physician Alan Forbes ( Cooper Huckabee ) is unable to explain why the rock keeps shrinking.

In the pilot episode entitled " The Vindicator " McCord is confronted by a newspaper reporter ( Claude Akins ) who wanted a follow up story on the " Bitter Creek " massacre.

Season 3-Attempting to capitalize on the rookie hype for the 2006 season, NBS 24 / 7 changed its name to NBS 24 / 7: The Rookies, again traveled with FitzBradshaw Racing and Akins Motorsports, but this time covered their rookies, Joel Kauffman and AJ Foyt IV.

The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins and Loco by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.

* Don Jordan, joined a boxing program at Preston and went on to become world welterweight champion by defeating Virgil Akins.

Born Bessie Regina Norris on December 21, 1953, Wright was the youngest of seven children to Rosa Akins Braddy-Wright and her second husband, McArthur Norris.

Needing Batman's help on an extraordinary case, Akins brings out a spare Bat-Signal for a single use.

Morgan's first release for the label is " This Ole Boy ", a song co-written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip that also appears on Joe Nichols ' 2011 album It's All Good.

Claude Marion Akins ( May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994 ) was an American actor with a long career on stage, screen and television.

Akins ' other early appearances included a role as a policeman on Alfred Hitchcock Presents in " Place of Shadows " ( 1956 ) and " Reward to Finder " ( 1957 ).

Akins died of cancer in Altadena, California on January 27, 1994.

The building was taken over by Sammy Jackson, who already ran a club called the Retford Porterhouse where he had booked bands such as AC / DC and The Clash, with George Akins Snr., a local bookmaker, bankrolling.

* 1919 – Frank Akins, American football player ( d. 1993 )

* 1886 – Zoe Akins, American playwright ( d. 1958 )

* 1926 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and adviser to Richard Nixon ( d. 2010 )

* October 30 – Zoë Akins, American playwright, poet, and author ( d. 1958 )

Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and studied drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where his fellow students included Cloris Leachman, Charlotte Rae, Patricia Neal, Jeffrey Hunter and Claude Akins.

Joe Burdette ( Claude Akins ), brother of rancher Nathan Burdette, tosses a silver dollar into a spittoon at Dude's feet.

Hammond and Akins led by example, tearing down their own stores to build three new buildings that were attached and made of brick.

The exact cause of the fire was never determined, but the fire engulfed almost the entire business district including Hammond and Akins newly constructed buildings.

For that to happen, however, both provisional ballots would have to be certified as valid votes, and both would have to go to Akins.

* Actor Claude Akins was raised in Bedford, although he was born in Nelson, Georgia.

* Zoe Akins, ( 1886 – 1958 ), became a successful poet, playwright, and screenwriter.

* Frank Akins, Washington Redskins running back, was born here.

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Following Oklahoma's statehood in 1907 a number of Delta County families relocated to the new Pushmataha County, among them Akins, Akards, and Helms.

Akins is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.

It is said to be named for Robert Akins, a mail carrier.

Akins is perhaps best remembered as the home of the Floyd family and Charles Arthur Floyd is buried in the Akins Cemetery.

Akins is located at ( 35. 507392 ,-94. 668642 ).