Chester Hobson Adair, 94, Hopkinsville, died at 9:11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, of natural causes.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Revs. Nathan C. Brown and Dr. C. Thomas Steiner officiating.
Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
A native of Christian County, he was born Feb. 16, 1919, the son of the late Shelley Ethan and Ethel Wade Adair.
He was a member of First Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon, elder and as chairman of the property committee.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps.
He was a building contractor and had been a co-owner of PAL Lumber Company. He was responsible for building many motels in Clearwater, Beach, Fla., in the mid-to late-1950's. He was instrumental in constructing the first 13 Habitat for Humanity house in Hopkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Adair; two daughters, Mrs. Phillip (Carolyn Adair) Ferrell, Madisonville, and Mrs. Wendell (Nancy Adair) Wolff, Clarksville; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, December. 16, 2013; Page 2A.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Revs. Nathan C. Brown and Dr. C. Thomas Steiner officiating.
Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
A native of Christian County, he was born Feb. 16, 1919, the son of the late Shelley Ethan and Ethel Wade Adair.
He was a member of First Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon, elder and as chairman of the property committee.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps.
He was a building contractor and had been a co-owner of PAL Lumber Company. He was responsible for building many motels in Clearwater, Beach, Fla., in the mid-to late-1950's. He was instrumental in constructing the first 13 Habitat for Humanity house in Hopkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Adair; two daughters, Mrs. Phillip (Carolyn Adair) Ferrell, Madisonville, and Mrs. Wendell (Nancy Adair) Wolff, Clarksville; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, December. 16, 2013; Page 2A.
Chester Hobson Adair, 94, Hopkinsville, died at 9:11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, of natural causes.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Revs. Nathan C. Brown and Dr. C. Thomas Steiner officiating.
Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
A native of Christian County, he was born Feb. 16, 1919, the son of the late Shelley Ethan and Ethel Wade Adair.
He was a member of First Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon, elder and as chairman of the property committee.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps.
He was a building contractor and had been a co-owner of PAL Lumber Company. He was responsible for building many motels in Clearwater, Beach, Fla., in the mid-to late-1950's. He was instrumental in constructing the first 13 Habitat for Humanity house in Hopkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Adair; two daughters, Mrs. Phillip (Carolyn Adair) Ferrell, Madisonville, and Mrs. Wendell (Nancy Adair) Wolff, Clarksville; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, December. 16, 2013; Page 2A.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hughart and Beard Funeral Home, Hopkinsville, with the Revs. Nathan C. Brown and Dr. C. Thomas Steiner officiating.
Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
A native of Christian County, he was born Feb. 16, 1919, the son of the late Shelley Ethan and Ethel Wade Adair.
He was a member of First Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon, elder and as chairman of the property committee.
He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps.
He was a building contractor and had been a co-owner of PAL Lumber Company. He was responsible for building many motels in Clearwater, Beach, Fla., in the mid-to late-1950's. He was instrumental in constructing the first 13 Habitat for Humanity house in Hopkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Adair; two daughters, Mrs. Phillip (Carolyn Adair) Ferrell, Madisonville, and Mrs. Wendell (Nancy Adair) Wolff, Clarksville; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, December. 16, 2013; Page 2A.
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