The obituary of Townsel C. Adams as published in the August 14, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams, 62 Rests In Mayking Cemetery Today
An old soldier who didn't just fade away was laid to rest among friends in the Mayking Cemetery today.
That old soldier, 62-year-old Townsel C. Adams of Whitesburg, was one of the best known and most loved citizens of Letcher County and he had served those citizens through two wars and the Mexican Border trouble of 1916.
Former Captain Adams, of the U. S. Army, didn't die among the folks in his home county of Letcher but nevertheless he was among comrades when he passed this life at the Veterans Hospital in Louisville Tuesday morning at 2:00 o'clock of a heart condition.
He had only lived in Louisville a short while, moving there with his family only a few weeks ago, after claiming Letcher County as his home since February 2, 1890 when he was born on Carr's Fork, the son of J. Wash and Cornelia Webb Adams.
In his youth, Townsel attended Berea College from 1910 to 1913. At the age of 22 in 1912, he joined Co. D of the 2nd. Kentucky Infantry in Whitesburg, a National Guard outfit.
He accompanied Co. D to the Mexican border in 1916 and was later called to duty with the Company in World War I, training at Camp Shelby, Miss., where Company D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry became the 149th Infantry Regiment of the 38th Division.
The Division went overseas in September, 1918 and saw very little front line duty as the armistice was signed the following month. Then a Lieutenant, Adams returned to Kentucky where he continued his college career at the University of Kentucky studying Mining Engineering.
He returned to Letcher County and became active in community life until April, 1942, when he was once again called to the service of his country, this time to England and France as a Captain in the Army. Captain Adams served during that Second World War for four years and was retired in 1946 after having served his country in time of war three times over a period of thirty years.
After the war and continuation of Selective Service, Captain Adams was the logical choice to serve as Chairman of Local Board 58, Whitesburg and he accepted that responsibility with the same willingness he had always shown toward serving his country.
He was a member of the Whitesburg Lodge 754 F&AM, the American Legion and the Pine Mountain Hunting Club.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was a Deacon of the Whitesburg Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Adams, three children, Mrs. Sallie Blair, Paducah; Colby Adams, Hazard, and Townsel Lee Adams, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. G. W. Honeycutt, Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. C. J. West, Keystone, W. Va., Mrs. Elbert Fugate, Mayking and Gladys Adams, Whitesburg, and two brothers, Dr. Wiley J. Adams, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lt. Col. Marcus W. Adams, U. S. Army in Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of whitesburg this morning at 10:00 o'clock, Reverend Clel B. Rodgers officiating. Craft Funeral Home was in charge of services.
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The following memorial for Townsel C. Adams was published in the August 21, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams Was Always Ready To Serve
Townsel C. Adams was a man who glorified in the fact that he had always been ready to serve his people, his state, his God and his nation and that willingness to serve probably shortened the brave Captain's life by many years for he was still not an old man when a heart weakened by many battles stopped and called the soldier of the cross home to rest.
His was a proud and military bearing topped with a wide infectuous grin and snowy white hair, making Townsel Adams an outstanding figure whereever he chose to associate with persons of all ranks. During the last few years of his life, he had opportunity to mix with his fellow citizens in Kentucky and Letcher County as the weak heart slowed the strong body and put a stop to extensive physical exertion.
During these recent years, Captain Adams served the people of his county as Chairman of Selective Service Local Board 58 at Whitesburg and his service on that Board was honorable, his decisions just and his popularity ever increasing.
A deeply religious man, Captain Adams joined the Army of Christ at the age of nineteen, casting his lot at that time with the Baptist faith. He remained a true and loyal member of that faith the remainder of his life and served as a Deacon of the First Baptist Church of Whitesburg for many years prior to his death. As a soldier of Christ, he lived under the strict discipline of that greatest of Armies.
Captain Adams' service as a soldier of his country began in 1912 when he joined Co. D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. Four years later, he accompanied that outfit to the Mexican border to stop Pancho Villa and his guerillas. The Company was later called to service in World War II and shipped overseas in time to see a little front line duty against the Kaiser's forces.
Then a Lieutenant he returned home after that war and lived as a civilian until April, 1942 when his country again called him in the dark days of those early months of World War II. He served overseas in England and France during that latter war and a weary body was finally relieved of the hard military grind when Captain Townsel C. Adams was granted a discharge in 1946.
Captain Adams returned to Letcher County and remained here until only recently, when he chose to move with his family to Louisville. Shortly after moving to that city, the strong Captain's heart grew weaker and he was taken to a hospital of his comrades-in-arms, the Veterans Hospital in Louisville, and there he passed on to the peace which is the eternal reward of those who faithfully serve their God.
Townsel C. Adams, 62 Rests In Mayking Cemetery Today
An old soldier who didn't just fade away was laid to rest among friends in the Mayking Cemetery today.
That old soldier, 62-year-old Townsel C. Adams of Whitesburg, was one of the best known and most loved citizens of Letcher County and he had served those citizens through two wars and the Mexican Border trouble of 1916.
Former Captain Adams, of the U. S. Army, didn't die among the folks in his home county of Letcher but nevertheless he was among comrades when he passed this life at the Veterans Hospital in Louisville Tuesday morning at 2:00 o'clock of a heart condition.
He had only lived in Louisville a short while, moving there with his family only a few weeks ago, after claiming Letcher County as his home since February 2, 1890 when he was born on Carr's Fork, the son of J. Wash and Cornelia Webb Adams.
In his youth, Townsel attended Berea College from 1910 to 1913. At the age of 22 in 1912, he joined Co. D of the 2nd. Kentucky Infantry in Whitesburg, a National Guard outfit.
He accompanied Co. D to the Mexican border in 1916 and was later called to duty with the Company in World War I, training at Camp Shelby, Miss., where Company D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry became the 149th Infantry Regiment of the 38th Division.
The Division went overseas in September, 1918 and saw very little front line duty as the armistice was signed the following month. Then a Lieutenant, Adams returned to Kentucky where he continued his college career at the University of Kentucky studying Mining Engineering.
He returned to Letcher County and became active in community life until April, 1942, when he was once again called to the service of his country, this time to England and France as a Captain in the Army. Captain Adams served during that Second World War for four years and was retired in 1946 after having served his country in time of war three times over a period of thirty years.
After the war and continuation of Selective Service, Captain Adams was the logical choice to serve as Chairman of Local Board 58, Whitesburg and he accepted that responsibility with the same willingness he had always shown toward serving his country.
He was a member of the Whitesburg Lodge 754 F&AM, the American Legion and the Pine Mountain Hunting Club.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was a Deacon of the Whitesburg Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Adams, three children, Mrs. Sallie Blair, Paducah; Colby Adams, Hazard, and Townsel Lee Adams, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. G. W. Honeycutt, Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. C. J. West, Keystone, W. Va., Mrs. Elbert Fugate, Mayking and Gladys Adams, Whitesburg, and two brothers, Dr. Wiley J. Adams, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lt. Col. Marcus W. Adams, U. S. Army in Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of whitesburg this morning at 10:00 o'clock, Reverend Clel B. Rodgers officiating. Craft Funeral Home was in charge of services.
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The following memorial for Townsel C. Adams was published in the August 21, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams Was Always Ready To Serve
Townsel C. Adams was a man who glorified in the fact that he had always been ready to serve his people, his state, his God and his nation and that willingness to serve probably shortened the brave Captain's life by many years for he was still not an old man when a heart weakened by many battles stopped and called the soldier of the cross home to rest.
His was a proud and military bearing topped with a wide infectuous grin and snowy white hair, making Townsel Adams an outstanding figure whereever he chose to associate with persons of all ranks. During the last few years of his life, he had opportunity to mix with his fellow citizens in Kentucky and Letcher County as the weak heart slowed the strong body and put a stop to extensive physical exertion.
During these recent years, Captain Adams served the people of his county as Chairman of Selective Service Local Board 58 at Whitesburg and his service on that Board was honorable, his decisions just and his popularity ever increasing.
A deeply religious man, Captain Adams joined the Army of Christ at the age of nineteen, casting his lot at that time with the Baptist faith. He remained a true and loyal member of that faith the remainder of his life and served as a Deacon of the First Baptist Church of Whitesburg for many years prior to his death. As a soldier of Christ, he lived under the strict discipline of that greatest of Armies.
Captain Adams' service as a soldier of his country began in 1912 when he joined Co. D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. Four years later, he accompanied that outfit to the Mexican border to stop Pancho Villa and his guerillas. The Company was later called to service in World War II and shipped overseas in time to see a little front line duty against the Kaiser's forces.
Then a Lieutenant he returned home after that war and lived as a civilian until April, 1942 when his country again called him in the dark days of those early months of World War II. He served overseas in England and France during that latter war and a weary body was finally relieved of the hard military grind when Captain Townsel C. Adams was granted a discharge in 1946.
Captain Adams returned to Letcher County and remained here until only recently, when he chose to move with his family to Louisville. Shortly after moving to that city, the strong Captain's heart grew weaker and he was taken to a hospital of his comrades-in-arms, the Veterans Hospital in Louisville, and there he passed on to the peace which is the eternal reward of those who faithfully serve their God.
The obituary of Townsel C. Adams as published in the August 14, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams, 62 Rests In Mayking Cemetery Today
An old soldier who didn't just fade away was laid to rest among friends in the Mayking Cemetery today.
That old soldier, 62-year-old Townsel C. Adams of Whitesburg, was one of the best known and most loved citizens of Letcher County and he had served those citizens through two wars and the Mexican Border trouble of 1916.
Former Captain Adams, of the U. S. Army, didn't die among the folks in his home county of Letcher but nevertheless he was among comrades when he passed this life at the Veterans Hospital in Louisville Tuesday morning at 2:00 o'clock of a heart condition.
He had only lived in Louisville a short while, moving there with his family only a few weeks ago, after claiming Letcher County as his home since February 2, 1890 when he was born on Carr's Fork, the son of J. Wash and Cornelia Webb Adams.
In his youth, Townsel attended Berea College from 1910 to 1913. At the age of 22 in 1912, he joined Co. D of the 2nd. Kentucky Infantry in Whitesburg, a National Guard outfit.
He accompanied Co. D to the Mexican border in 1916 and was later called to duty with the Company in World War I, training at Camp Shelby, Miss., where Company D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry became the 149th Infantry Regiment of the 38th Division.
The Division went overseas in September, 1918 and saw very little front line duty as the armistice was signed the following month. Then a Lieutenant, Adams returned to Kentucky where he continued his college career at the University of Kentucky studying Mining Engineering.
He returned to Letcher County and became active in community life until April, 1942, when he was once again called to the service of his country, this time to England and France as a Captain in the Army. Captain Adams served during that Second World War for four years and was retired in 1946 after having served his country in time of war three times over a period of thirty years.
After the war and continuation of Selective Service, Captain Adams was the logical choice to serve as Chairman of Local Board 58, Whitesburg and he accepted that responsibility with the same willingness he had always shown toward serving his country.
He was a member of the Whitesburg Lodge 754 F&AM, the American Legion and the Pine Mountain Hunting Club.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was a Deacon of the Whitesburg Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Adams, three children, Mrs. Sallie Blair, Paducah; Colby Adams, Hazard, and Townsel Lee Adams, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. G. W. Honeycutt, Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. C. J. West, Keystone, W. Va., Mrs. Elbert Fugate, Mayking and Gladys Adams, Whitesburg, and two brothers, Dr. Wiley J. Adams, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lt. Col. Marcus W. Adams, U. S. Army in Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of whitesburg this morning at 10:00 o'clock, Reverend Clel B. Rodgers officiating. Craft Funeral Home was in charge of services.
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The following memorial for Townsel C. Adams was published in the August 21, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams Was Always Ready To Serve
Townsel C. Adams was a man who glorified in the fact that he had always been ready to serve his people, his state, his God and his nation and that willingness to serve probably shortened the brave Captain's life by many years for he was still not an old man when a heart weakened by many battles stopped and called the soldier of the cross home to rest.
His was a proud and military bearing topped with a wide infectuous grin and snowy white hair, making Townsel Adams an outstanding figure whereever he chose to associate with persons of all ranks. During the last few years of his life, he had opportunity to mix with his fellow citizens in Kentucky and Letcher County as the weak heart slowed the strong body and put a stop to extensive physical exertion.
During these recent years, Captain Adams served the people of his county as Chairman of Selective Service Local Board 58 at Whitesburg and his service on that Board was honorable, his decisions just and his popularity ever increasing.
A deeply religious man, Captain Adams joined the Army of Christ at the age of nineteen, casting his lot at that time with the Baptist faith. He remained a true and loyal member of that faith the remainder of his life and served as a Deacon of the First Baptist Church of Whitesburg for many years prior to his death. As a soldier of Christ, he lived under the strict discipline of that greatest of Armies.
Captain Adams' service as a soldier of his country began in 1912 when he joined Co. D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. Four years later, he accompanied that outfit to the Mexican border to stop Pancho Villa and his guerillas. The Company was later called to service in World War II and shipped overseas in time to see a little front line duty against the Kaiser's forces.
Then a Lieutenant he returned home after that war and lived as a civilian until April, 1942 when his country again called him in the dark days of those early months of World War II. He served overseas in England and France during that latter war and a weary body was finally relieved of the hard military grind when Captain Townsel C. Adams was granted a discharge in 1946.
Captain Adams returned to Letcher County and remained here until only recently, when he chose to move with his family to Louisville. Shortly after moving to that city, the strong Captain's heart grew weaker and he was taken to a hospital of his comrades-in-arms, the Veterans Hospital in Louisville, and there he passed on to the peace which is the eternal reward of those who faithfully serve their God.
Townsel C. Adams, 62 Rests In Mayking Cemetery Today
An old soldier who didn't just fade away was laid to rest among friends in the Mayking Cemetery today.
That old soldier, 62-year-old Townsel C. Adams of Whitesburg, was one of the best known and most loved citizens of Letcher County and he had served those citizens through two wars and the Mexican Border trouble of 1916.
Former Captain Adams, of the U. S. Army, didn't die among the folks in his home county of Letcher but nevertheless he was among comrades when he passed this life at the Veterans Hospital in Louisville Tuesday morning at 2:00 o'clock of a heart condition.
He had only lived in Louisville a short while, moving there with his family only a few weeks ago, after claiming Letcher County as his home since February 2, 1890 when he was born on Carr's Fork, the son of J. Wash and Cornelia Webb Adams.
In his youth, Townsel attended Berea College from 1910 to 1913. At the age of 22 in 1912, he joined Co. D of the 2nd. Kentucky Infantry in Whitesburg, a National Guard outfit.
He accompanied Co. D to the Mexican border in 1916 and was later called to duty with the Company in World War I, training at Camp Shelby, Miss., where Company D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry became the 149th Infantry Regiment of the 38th Division.
The Division went overseas in September, 1918 and saw very little front line duty as the armistice was signed the following month. Then a Lieutenant, Adams returned to Kentucky where he continued his college career at the University of Kentucky studying Mining Engineering.
He returned to Letcher County and became active in community life until April, 1942, when he was once again called to the service of his country, this time to England and France as a Captain in the Army. Captain Adams served during that Second World War for four years and was retired in 1946 after having served his country in time of war three times over a period of thirty years.
After the war and continuation of Selective Service, Captain Adams was the logical choice to serve as Chairman of Local Board 58, Whitesburg and he accepted that responsibility with the same willingness he had always shown toward serving his country.
He was a member of the Whitesburg Lodge 754 F&AM, the American Legion and the Pine Mountain Hunting Club.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was 19 years of age. At the time of his death he was a Deacon of the Whitesburg Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Adams, three children, Mrs. Sallie Blair, Paducah; Colby Adams, Hazard, and Townsel Lee Adams, Louisville; four sisters, Mrs. G. W. Honeycutt, Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. C. J. West, Keystone, W. Va., Mrs. Elbert Fugate, Mayking and Gladys Adams, Whitesburg, and two brothers, Dr. Wiley J. Adams, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lt. Col. Marcus W. Adams, U. S. Army in Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of whitesburg this morning at 10:00 o'clock, Reverend Clel B. Rodgers officiating. Craft Funeral Home was in charge of services.
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The following memorial for Townsel C. Adams was published in the August 21, 1952, issue of The Mountain Eagle:
Townsel C. Adams Was Always Ready To Serve
Townsel C. Adams was a man who glorified in the fact that he had always been ready to serve his people, his state, his God and his nation and that willingness to serve probably shortened the brave Captain's life by many years for he was still not an old man when a heart weakened by many battles stopped and called the soldier of the cross home to rest.
His was a proud and military bearing topped with a wide infectuous grin and snowy white hair, making Townsel Adams an outstanding figure whereever he chose to associate with persons of all ranks. During the last few years of his life, he had opportunity to mix with his fellow citizens in Kentucky and Letcher County as the weak heart slowed the strong body and put a stop to extensive physical exertion.
During these recent years, Captain Adams served the people of his county as Chairman of Selective Service Local Board 58 at Whitesburg and his service on that Board was honorable, his decisions just and his popularity ever increasing.
A deeply religious man, Captain Adams joined the Army of Christ at the age of nineteen, casting his lot at that time with the Baptist faith. He remained a true and loyal member of that faith the remainder of his life and served as a Deacon of the First Baptist Church of Whitesburg for many years prior to his death. As a soldier of Christ, he lived under the strict discipline of that greatest of Armies.
Captain Adams' service as a soldier of his country began in 1912 when he joined Co. D of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. Four years later, he accompanied that outfit to the Mexican border to stop Pancho Villa and his guerillas. The Company was later called to service in World War II and shipped overseas in time to see a little front line duty against the Kaiser's forces.
Then a Lieutenant he returned home after that war and lived as a civilian until April, 1942 when his country again called him in the dark days of those early months of World War II. He served overseas in England and France during that latter war and a weary body was finally relieved of the hard military grind when Captain Townsel C. Adams was granted a discharge in 1946.
Captain Adams returned to Letcher County and remained here until only recently, when he chose to move with his family to Louisville. Shortly after moving to that city, the strong Captain's heart grew weaker and he was taken to a hospital of his comrades-in-arms, the Veterans Hospital in Louisville, and there he passed on to the peace which is the eternal reward of those who faithfully serve their God.
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