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Dora Jane Elkins Adams

Birth
Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, USA
Death
29 Oct 1967 (aged 90)
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Dora Adams

Mrs. Dora Moon Adams, 89, widow of A. E. Adams, died Sunday. She was the daughter of William Elkins and Chasie Elizabeth Lusk Elkins and was born in Scottsboro, Alabama. She was a member of Hunter Memorial Methodist Church.

Survivors:
Sons: Percy Earl Moon of North Little Rock and George R. Moon and Cortice L. Moon of Little Rock.
Daughter: Mrs. Fred H. McGinnis (Grace Lee Moon)
Sisters: Mrs. Nan Kuns and Mrs. E.E. Hethcoat of Little Rock.
9 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral:
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Healey and Roth Chapel by Rev. Irl Bridenthal and Rev. M.L. Moser Jr.

Pallbearers:
Charles Mann, Julian A. Pearrow, Luther Hutchins, S.L Galusha, E.O. Hinson, and Q.M. Downs.

Burial at Pine Crest Memorial Park by Healey and Roth.

Summary of obituary from:
"Mrs. Dora Adams," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock), 30 Oct 1967, p. 9 ; digital images, http://www. Newspapers.com; accessed 12 Jun 2018.

Note: Dora Jane Elkins married Andrew James Moon of Madison County, Alabama in 1898. She and Andrew J. Moon had six children: Maxie James Moon, Percy Earl Moon, Annie Belle Moon, Grace Lee Moon, George R. Moon, and Cortice Louie Moon, and had moved their family to Little Rock, Arkansas by 1910. By 1920, Dora was listed as a widow on the census, but as was common for the time, she and Andrew J. Moon were divorced. Sometime after 1920, Dora met Arthur Eugene Adams, a widower, and they were married by the time Dora's mother, Chasie Elizabeth Elkins, died in January, 1922. A.E. Adams died in 1944.

Andrew J. Moon remarried also, and died 4 Feb 1959. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Memorial by: Ginny Dunaway Young
Mrs. Dora Adams

Mrs. Dora Moon Adams, 89, widow of A. E. Adams, died Sunday. She was the daughter of William Elkins and Chasie Elizabeth Lusk Elkins and was born in Scottsboro, Alabama. She was a member of Hunter Memorial Methodist Church.

Survivors:
Sons: Percy Earl Moon of North Little Rock and George R. Moon and Cortice L. Moon of Little Rock.
Daughter: Mrs. Fred H. McGinnis (Grace Lee Moon)
Sisters: Mrs. Nan Kuns and Mrs. E.E. Hethcoat of Little Rock.
9 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral:
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Healey and Roth Chapel by Rev. Irl Bridenthal and Rev. M.L. Moser Jr.

Pallbearers:
Charles Mann, Julian A. Pearrow, Luther Hutchins, S.L Galusha, E.O. Hinson, and Q.M. Downs.

Burial at Pine Crest Memorial Park by Healey and Roth.

Summary of obituary from:
"Mrs. Dora Adams," Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock), 30 Oct 1967, p. 9 ; digital images, http://www. Newspapers.com; accessed 12 Jun 2018.

Note: Dora Jane Elkins married Andrew James Moon of Madison County, Alabama in 1898. She and Andrew J. Moon had six children: Maxie James Moon, Percy Earl Moon, Annie Belle Moon, Grace Lee Moon, George R. Moon, and Cortice Louie Moon, and had moved their family to Little Rock, Arkansas by 1910. By 1920, Dora was listed as a widow on the census, but as was common for the time, she and Andrew J. Moon were divorced. Sometime after 1920, Dora met Arthur Eugene Adams, a widower, and they were married by the time Dora's mother, Chasie Elizabeth Elkins, died in January, 1922. A.E. Adams died in 1944.

Andrew J. Moon remarried also, and died 4 Feb 1959. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Memorial by: Ginny Dunaway Young


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