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Roberta Catherine <I>Martin</I> Harris Adams

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Roberta Catherine Martin Harris Adams

Birth
Glascock County, Georgia, USA
Death
8 Nov 1941 (aged 74)
Keysville, Burke County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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The Sandersville Progress, 13 Nov 1941:
Mrs. J.S. Adams Buried Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the chapel of Sandersville Funeral Home for Mrs. J.S. Adams, 74, daughter of pioneer citizens of Washington county. Burial was in Brownwood cemetery.
Mrs. Adams, whose home was in Sandersville, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.H. Matthews, at Keysville, after a long illness. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis more than a year ago.
The former, Miss Bert Martin, Mrs. Adams' parents were early builders of Washington county. She was married twice. Her first husband having been the late Richard Harris, and to them three children were born.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. R.H. Matthews of Keysville, and Mrs. T.C. Holmes of Atlanta; a son, W. Martin Harris of Sandersville; a sister, Mrs. M. M. Culpepper of Miami, Fla.; four grandchildren, Mrs. Raymond P. Starr and T.C. Holmes, Jr. of Atlanta; William M. Harris, Sandersville, and R. Harris Matthews, Keysville; and two great-grandchildren.

Washington County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings, Vol. III, 1881-1889, Thursday, 10 Jan 1884:
Married - At the Baptist church of this city, on Tuesday, 8th instant, by Elder T.M. Harris, Richard I. Harris, Esq., son of the officiating minister, and Miss Roberta, daughter of Mr. William Martin, all of Sandersville.

Mrs. Roberta Harris married J.S. Adams on 3 Oct 1897 in Washington County, Georgia
The Sandersville Progress, 13 Nov 1941:
Mrs. J.S. Adams Buried Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the chapel of Sandersville Funeral Home for Mrs. J.S. Adams, 74, daughter of pioneer citizens of Washington county. Burial was in Brownwood cemetery.
Mrs. Adams, whose home was in Sandersville, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.H. Matthews, at Keysville, after a long illness. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis more than a year ago.
The former, Miss Bert Martin, Mrs. Adams' parents were early builders of Washington county. She was married twice. Her first husband having been the late Richard Harris, and to them three children were born.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. R.H. Matthews of Keysville, and Mrs. T.C. Holmes of Atlanta; a son, W. Martin Harris of Sandersville; a sister, Mrs. M. M. Culpepper of Miami, Fla.; four grandchildren, Mrs. Raymond P. Starr and T.C. Holmes, Jr. of Atlanta; William M. Harris, Sandersville, and R. Harris Matthews, Keysville; and two great-grandchildren.

Washington County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings, Vol. III, 1881-1889, Thursday, 10 Jan 1884:
Married - At the Baptist church of this city, on Tuesday, 8th instant, by Elder T.M. Harris, Richard I. Harris, Esq., son of the officiating minister, and Miss Roberta, daughter of Mr. William Martin, all of Sandersville.

Mrs. Roberta Harris married J.S. Adams on 3 Oct 1897 in Washington County, Georgia


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