Jennie was born into a prominent and wealthy family. Her father was one of the most successful and respected businessmen in the county and her mother was known for her sweet disposition, beauty and musical ability.
Jennie's early happy years were shattered when her mother died when Jennie was only five years old. Jennie's aunt, Julia Smith from Eastman, moved into the household when Mrs. Adams died and stayed with the family until Jennie and her brother Cleon Jr., grew up. Jennie attended Wesleyan College in Macon but was so homesick that she had to return home without completing a degree.
As an adult, Jennie took her place in Sandersville society and became actively involved in the First Baptist Church, Transylvania Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sandersville Music Club and Washington County Historical Society.
Jennie was very particular about her wardrobe. From her hat to her shoes she wore only the best money could buy from shopping trips to Atlanta and New York City. She was always neatly groomed and her jewelry matched her outfit perfectly.
Every fall Jennie went to New York to visit her cousin Ruth who was married to a prominent publisher and lived in Garden City, a suburb across the East River from Manhattan. Jennie stayed at the fashionable Garden City Hotel and spent her days shopping and ordering clothes. At night, she, Ruth and her husband Albert, went to the theatre and saw every musical of the season. Jennie would come home with all the latest musical scores and play them on the piano for her friends.
Trips to Atlanta to shop were taken on the Nancy Hanks train that left Tennille every morning and arrived in Atlanta with enough time to leisurely shop and have a relaxing trip back home with supper in the club car. Jennie never met a stranger and would have a fan club waving goodbye when she stepped off the train.
Jennie was a wizard at card games with her keen memory and mathematical skills giving her a keen advantage. Jennie was always generous with her holiday gift giving and quick to extend donation of money or food to those in need.
Although Jennie's household help included a full-time cook, housekeeper and chauffeur, there was one chore she would not permit anyone else to do. She remembered that her mother had always personally cleaned the front hall because she said that a guest's first impression of a house was the front hall and had to be immaculate. So, Jennie laid aside her expensive wardrobe and donned a cleaning cap and house dress to continue this cleaning tradition of her mother's.
Taken from a remembrance of Jennie Adams written by Louise Sheftall in October of 1990
Jennie's early happy years were shattered when her mother died when Jennie was only five years old. Jennie's aunt, Julia Smith from Eastman, moved into the household when Mrs. Adams died and stayed with the family until Jennie and her brother Cleon Jr., grew up. Jennie attended Wesleyan College in Macon but was so homesick that she had to return home without completing a degree.
As an adult, Jennie took her place in Sandersville society and became actively involved in the First Baptist Church, Transylvania Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sandersville Music Club and Washington County Historical Society.
Jennie was very particular about her wardrobe. From her hat to her shoes she wore only the best money could buy from shopping trips to Atlanta and New York City. She was always neatly groomed and her jewelry matched her outfit perfectly.
Every fall Jennie went to New York to visit her cousin Ruth who was married to a prominent publisher and lived in Garden City, a suburb across the East River from Manhattan. Jennie stayed at the fashionable Garden City Hotel and spent her days shopping and ordering clothes. At night, she, Ruth and her husband Albert, went to the theatre and saw every musical of the season. Jennie would come home with all the latest musical scores and play them on the piano for her friends.
Trips to Atlanta to shop were taken on the Nancy Hanks train that left Tennille every morning and arrived in Atlanta with enough time to leisurely shop and have a relaxing trip back home with supper in the club car. Jennie never met a stranger and would have a fan club waving goodbye when she stepped off the train.
Jennie was a wizard at card games with her keen memory and mathematical skills giving her a keen advantage. Jennie was always generous with her holiday gift giving and quick to extend donation of money or food to those in need.
Although Jennie's household help included a full-time cook, housekeeper and chauffeur, there was one chore she would not permit anyone else to do. She remembered that her mother had always personally cleaned the front hall because she said that a guest's first impression of a house was the front hall and had to be immaculate. So, Jennie laid aside her expensive wardrobe and donned a cleaning cap and house dress to continue this cleaning tradition of her mother's.
Taken from a remembrance of Jennie Adams written by Louise Sheftall in October of 1990
Jennie was born into a prominent and wealthy family. Her father was one of the most successful and respected businessmen in the county and her mother was known for her sweet disposition, beauty and musical ability.
Jennie's early happy years were shattered when her mother died when Jennie was only five years old. Jennie's aunt, Julia Smith from Eastman, moved into the household when Mrs. Adams died and stayed with the family until Jennie and her brother Cleon Jr., grew up. Jennie attended Wesleyan College in Macon but was so homesick that she had to return home without completing a degree.
As an adult, Jennie took her place in Sandersville society and became actively involved in the First Baptist Church, Transylvania Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sandersville Music Club and Washington County Historical Society.
Jennie was very particular about her wardrobe. From her hat to her shoes she wore only the best money could buy from shopping trips to Atlanta and New York City. She was always neatly groomed and her jewelry matched her outfit perfectly.
Every fall Jennie went to New York to visit her cousin Ruth who was married to a prominent publisher and lived in Garden City, a suburb across the East River from Manhattan. Jennie stayed at the fashionable Garden City Hotel and spent her days shopping and ordering clothes. At night, she, Ruth and her husband Albert, went to the theatre and saw every musical of the season. Jennie would come home with all the latest musical scores and play them on the piano for her friends.
Trips to Atlanta to shop were taken on the Nancy Hanks train that left Tennille every morning and arrived in Atlanta with enough time to leisurely shop and have a relaxing trip back home with supper in the club car. Jennie never met a stranger and would have a fan club waving goodbye when she stepped off the train.
Jennie was a wizard at card games with her keen memory and mathematical skills giving her a keen advantage. Jennie was always generous with her holiday gift giving and quick to extend donation of money or food to those in need.
Although Jennie's household help included a full-time cook, housekeeper and chauffeur, there was one chore she would not permit anyone else to do. She remembered that her mother had always personally cleaned the front hall because she said that a guest's first impression of a house was the front hall and had to be immaculate. So, Jennie laid aside her expensive wardrobe and donned a cleaning cap and house dress to continue this cleaning tradition of her mother's.
Taken from a remembrance of Jennie Adams written by Louise Sheftall in October of 1990
Jennie's early happy years were shattered when her mother died when Jennie was only five years old. Jennie's aunt, Julia Smith from Eastman, moved into the household when Mrs. Adams died and stayed with the family until Jennie and her brother Cleon Jr., grew up. Jennie attended Wesleyan College in Macon but was so homesick that she had to return home without completing a degree.
As an adult, Jennie took her place in Sandersville society and became actively involved in the First Baptist Church, Transylvania Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sandersville Music Club and Washington County Historical Society.
Jennie was very particular about her wardrobe. From her hat to her shoes she wore only the best money could buy from shopping trips to Atlanta and New York City. She was always neatly groomed and her jewelry matched her outfit perfectly.
Every fall Jennie went to New York to visit her cousin Ruth who was married to a prominent publisher and lived in Garden City, a suburb across the East River from Manhattan. Jennie stayed at the fashionable Garden City Hotel and spent her days shopping and ordering clothes. At night, she, Ruth and her husband Albert, went to the theatre and saw every musical of the season. Jennie would come home with all the latest musical scores and play them on the piano for her friends.
Trips to Atlanta to shop were taken on the Nancy Hanks train that left Tennille every morning and arrived in Atlanta with enough time to leisurely shop and have a relaxing trip back home with supper in the club car. Jennie never met a stranger and would have a fan club waving goodbye when she stepped off the train.
Jennie was a wizard at card games with her keen memory and mathematical skills giving her a keen advantage. Jennie was always generous with her holiday gift giving and quick to extend donation of money or food to those in need.
Although Jennie's household help included a full-time cook, housekeeper and chauffeur, there was one chore she would not permit anyone else to do. She remembered that her mother had always personally cleaned the front hall because she said that a guest's first impression of a house was the front hall and had to be immaculate. So, Jennie laid aside her expensive wardrobe and donned a cleaning cap and house dress to continue this cleaning tradition of her mother's.
Taken from a remembrance of Jennie Adams written by Louise Sheftall in October of 1990
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