A Clarence, Ky., native, he was born April 10, 1899, son of the late George and Iola Gaston Adams. He was a security guard for Continental Can Co., Sharonville, Ohio, having retired in 1965, and a member of Goochtown Church of Christ.
His wife, Lora Ethel Littrell, whom he married Nov. 9, 1923, died Feb. 16, 1988.
Survivors include three sons, Elmer Adams, Dallas, Ore., Roy Adams, Knightstown, Ind., and Raymond Adams, Eubank; two daughters, Edith Broughton, Franklin, Ohio, and Edna Graves, Mount Olivet, Ky.; a brother, Bill Adams, Kenwood, Ohio; five sisters, Bertha Whitter and Laura Kidd, both of Eubank, Rosie Padgett and Lily Todd, both of Waynesburg, and Lucy Smith, Muncie, Ind.; 18 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; three brothers, Harvey, Walter and Chester Adams; and a sister, Cricket Black.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with Bro. Harold Carter officiating. Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
A Clarence, Ky., native, he was born April 10, 1899, son of the late George and Iola Gaston Adams. He was a security guard for Continental Can Co., Sharonville, Ohio, having retired in 1965, and a member of Goochtown Church of Christ.
His wife, Lora Ethel Littrell, whom he married Nov. 9, 1923, died Feb. 16, 1988.
Survivors include three sons, Elmer Adams, Dallas, Ore., Roy Adams, Knightstown, Ind., and Raymond Adams, Eubank; two daughters, Edith Broughton, Franklin, Ohio, and Edna Graves, Mount Olivet, Ky.; a brother, Bill Adams, Kenwood, Ohio; five sisters, Bertha Whitter and Laura Kidd, both of Eubank, Rosie Padgett and Lily Todd, both of Waynesburg, and Lucy Smith, Muncie, Ind.; 18 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; three brothers, Harvey, Walter and Chester Adams; and a sister, Cricket Black.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Morris and Hislope Funeral Home with Bro. Harold Carter officiating. Burial will be in Eubank Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Jane Warren Colson
1855–1937
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William Henry Warren
1857–1924
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Mary Bell Warren Tubbs
1859–1937
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Amanda Warren Miller Abbott
1861–1906
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Sarah Ellen Warren Anderson
1861–1941
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Eliza Alice Warren Surber
1867–1904
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Lunda C. Warren Long
1869–1947
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James Hunley Warren
1871–1933
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Nettie Susan Warren Mayfield
1872–1906
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Cricket Adams Black
1903–1981
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William T. "Willie" Adams
1905–1992
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George Harvey Adams
1906–1975
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Lucy Ann Adams Smith
1909–2001
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Bertha Adams Whitter
1910–1992
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Walter Garvey Adams
1912–1982
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Laura Frances Adams Griffin
1914–1997
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Rosie M. Adams Padgett
1916–1996
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Lillie Mae Adams Todd
1920–1996
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Chester Estel Adams
1923–1985
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