He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Leigh, Texas.
Funeral services were held at the chapel at Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas.
JOHN ADKINS (age 78) was laid to rest on Saturday, August 25, 1981 on the grounds of Antioch Cemetery in Leigh, Texas.
The obituary further reported that he was "survived by three sons, Gene Adkins and John Adkins Jr., both of Marshall, and Honor B. Jackson, of Las Vegas, Nevada; four daughters, Willie Mae Miller, Johnnie Mae Goodman and Dorothy N. Lamb, all of Gardens, California, and Ruth Ella Carruthers, of Houston; one brother, Willie Adkins, of Tyler; six sisters, Mary Hygh, Tenzie Jackson and Essie May, all of Karnack, and Candacy Buchanan, Ophelia Fowler and Earnestine White, all of Dallas; and 22 grandchildren."
Sources ~ Obituary Published in the Monday, August 24, 1981 Edition of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]; and Texas Death Index
He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Leigh, Texas.
Funeral services were held at the chapel at Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas.
JOHN ADKINS (age 78) was laid to rest on Saturday, August 25, 1981 on the grounds of Antioch Cemetery in Leigh, Texas.
The obituary further reported that he was "survived by three sons, Gene Adkins and John Adkins Jr., both of Marshall, and Honor B. Jackson, of Las Vegas, Nevada; four daughters, Willie Mae Miller, Johnnie Mae Goodman and Dorothy N. Lamb, all of Gardens, California, and Ruth Ella Carruthers, of Houston; one brother, Willie Adkins, of Tyler; six sisters, Mary Hygh, Tenzie Jackson and Essie May, all of Karnack, and Candacy Buchanan, Ophelia Fowler and Earnestine White, all of Dallas; and 22 grandchildren."
Sources ~ Obituary Published in the Monday, August 24, 1981 Edition of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]; and Texas Death Index
Family Members
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Mary Virginia Buchanan Hygh
1892–1991
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Henry Clinton Adkins Sr
1899–1981
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Willie Adkins Jr
1900–2004
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Luvenia Adkins Anthony
1900–1930
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Tenzy Buchanan Jackson
1901–1988
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Mattie Adkins May
1902–1965
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Ophelia Adkins Fowler
1907–1996
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Essie May Adkins May
1908–1995
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Booker T. Adkins
1912–1977
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Candacy Adkins Buchanan
1917–2003
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Edgar D. Adkins Sr
1922–1972
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