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William Lucius Adkins

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William Lucius Adkins

Birth
Shaws Bend, Colorado County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Sep 1920 (aged 60)
Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, USA
Burial
Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Adkins, William Lucious
DEATH OF HON. W. L. ADKINS
Able Attorney Succumbs to the Grim Reaper.

The sad news was received here on Monday of the death of Hon. W. L. Adkins, one
of the leading attorneys of Columbus, after a long illness, and the funeral took
place in that city Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Isaac Sellers of Weimar, assisted by
Rev. Garrard, Columbus Baptist pastor, officiating.

The funeral was largely attended, attesting the esteem in which this truly good
man was held by the people of Colorado county. [Interment in Columbus Odd
Fellows' Rest]

Luce Adkins, as he was familiarly known to his friends, was almost regarded as a
citizen of this immediate section, having been raised to young manhood on the
Adkins Lake farm property northwest of Weimar, now owned by the Brandt family,
and he held this section and people in such great love and esteem that he had
often remarked to the writer of these lines that he "always felt at home up
there."

"Luce" Adkins was an honorable, honest, upright man, true as steel to his
friends, never varying in his attitude toward those for whom he had a friendly
feeling, open as the day in all his dealings with his fellow-man, and a man
whose friendship was treasured by all. Knowing him for a matter of forty odd
years. the writer feels that he has lost one of his truest, best friends.

Mr. Adkins leaves a widow and one son, John Bowers Adkins, to whom our heartfelt
sympathy is extended.
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ADKINS, W. L., Esq.
City Attorney - Mr. Adkins was born in Colorado county in 1859, and attended school in this city, afterwards graduating at the Texas Military Institute, Austin. In 1886 he entered the law office of Messrs. Foard & Thompson, and in a short time secured his license as a member of the bar. He was elected City Attorney at the last election in April, and makes an honest, conscientious officer. (The Colorado Citizen, Columbus, Tex, Oct 22, 1889
Adkins, William Lucious
DEATH OF HON. W. L. ADKINS
Able Attorney Succumbs to the Grim Reaper.

The sad news was received here on Monday of the death of Hon. W. L. Adkins, one
of the leading attorneys of Columbus, after a long illness, and the funeral took
place in that city Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Isaac Sellers of Weimar, assisted by
Rev. Garrard, Columbus Baptist pastor, officiating.

The funeral was largely attended, attesting the esteem in which this truly good
man was held by the people of Colorado county. [Interment in Columbus Odd
Fellows' Rest]

Luce Adkins, as he was familiarly known to his friends, was almost regarded as a
citizen of this immediate section, having been raised to young manhood on the
Adkins Lake farm property northwest of Weimar, now owned by the Brandt family,
and he held this section and people in such great love and esteem that he had
often remarked to the writer of these lines that he "always felt at home up
there."

"Luce" Adkins was an honorable, honest, upright man, true as steel to his
friends, never varying in his attitude toward those for whom he had a friendly
feeling, open as the day in all his dealings with his fellow-man, and a man
whose friendship was treasured by all. Knowing him for a matter of forty odd
years. the writer feels that he has lost one of his truest, best friends.

Mr. Adkins leaves a widow and one son, John Bowers Adkins, to whom our heartfelt
sympathy is extended.
***********
ADKINS, W. L., Esq.
City Attorney - Mr. Adkins was born in Colorado county in 1859, and attended school in this city, afterwards graduating at the Texas Military Institute, Austin. In 1886 he entered the law office of Messrs. Foard & Thompson, and in a short time secured his license as a member of the bar. He was elected City Attorney at the last election in April, and makes an honest, conscientious officer. (The Colorado Citizen, Columbus, Tex, Oct 22, 1889


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