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William Claude Adkins

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William Claude Adkins

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
8 May 1930 (aged 44)
Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Burial
Fruitvale, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Claude's Texas Death Certificate indicates he is interred here.

Stunned By Lightning

Grand Saline (TX), May 9 –

Little hope was held for the recovery of Claude Adkins, 42, who with his three children last night was stunned by lightning as they left a cellar where they had sought refuge from a storm.

The children were less seriously injured.

The strong cloud was accompanied by a strong wind and heavy rain. Trees were uprooted where a small twister struck near the town.

Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, TX), 9 May 1930, Friday

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He married Mary Zilpha Cook 10-12-1913, Van Zandt Co., TX; she later remarried after his death to William Creed Brandon.

Children:
William C. Adkins, b. 7-29-1916
Nelson Franklin Adkins, b. 1920
Donald "Don" Adkins, b. 1-22-1925
Virgil Phillip Adkins, b. 3-19-1930

Claude's Texas Death Certificate indicates he is interred here.

Stunned By Lightning

Grand Saline (TX), May 9 –

Little hope was held for the recovery of Claude Adkins, 42, who with his three children last night was stunned by lightning as they left a cellar where they had sought refuge from a storm.

The children were less seriously injured.

The strong cloud was accompanied by a strong wind and heavy rain. Trees were uprooted where a small twister struck near the town.

Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, TX), 9 May 1930, Friday

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He married Mary Zilpha Cook 10-12-1913, Van Zandt Co., TX; she later remarried after his death to William Creed Brandon.

Children:
William C. Adkins, b. 7-29-1916
Nelson Franklin Adkins, b. 1920
Donald "Don" Adkins, b. 1-22-1925
Virgil Phillip Adkins, b. 3-19-1930



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