Adair Services

Funeral services for Vernon F. Adair, 41, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday from the Prince St. Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. T.J. Gamble, Jr., pastor, assisted by the Rev. R.A. Long of Hagerman. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Cemetery, with Wolf and Roberts Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be R.B. Benner, Joe Dennington, J.J. Johnston, Clarence Waller, Penn Stanford and J.L. Kim.

Adair, who was born in Texas and has worked for the Santa Fe some 14 years, is survived by his wife, Frances, three daughters, Texalee, Mary Kathryn and Sheresa, and four sons, Dwain, Larry Ray, Leslie Dale and Robert Glenn, all of the home at 19 Pineway Blvd.; his father, Tom Adair, San Saba, Tex., two brothers, Ray and Harold Adair, both of Tucson, Ariz.; and six sisters, Mr. [sic] Lillian Sellers, Mrs. Pauline McCarty, Mrs. Marie Rainbolt and Mrs. Louise Andrews, all of San Saba, Mrs. Ruby Williams, Ballinger, Tex., and Mrs. Virgie Cotham, Waco, Tex

His parents-in-law are Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rea, Clovis.

(Published in Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, New Mexico 06 Jul 1955, Wed • Page 8)
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Services Conducted For Train Brakeman

FLOYDADA, July 7 (Special) - Funeral services for Vernon Adair, about 42, former Floydada resident who was killed in a flaming train wreckage Tuesday near Fort Sumner, N.M., were to be conducted at 3 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Clovis, N.M.

Adair lived here when a small boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adair. The family moved here from Crosbyton in 1920, and from there to Muleshoe.

Five persons perished in the wreckage and three more were injured when two Santa Fe Railway freight trains smashed head-on. Adair was head brakeman on the westbound train.

Adair is survived by his wife and six children, all of Clovis, N.M.; his father of San Saba; and two brothers and six sisters, uncles, R.M. and C.O. Spence.

(Published in Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, Texas) · 7 Jul 1955, Thu · Page 3)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Vernon Francis Adair
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1914
Birth Place: Bowie, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Fergas Co
Height: 5 8
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Catherine Francis Adair
Household Members Age Relationship
Vernon Francis Adair 26 Self (Head)
Catherine Francis Adair Wife