Mary Margaret Adams, 100, of North Vernon died at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Jennings Health Care Center in North Vernon. Born Sept. 17, 1907, in North Vernon, Miss Adams was the daughter of William Vername and Mary Ellen Hukill Adams. Miss Adams was a 1926 graduate of West High School in Denver, Colo., and retired in 1977 after working 18 years at Muscatatuck State Hospital where she was an accountant/clerk. Before that she was deputy auditor at Vernon Courthouse for 25 years and prior to that worked as a beautician. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in North Vernon and Muscatatuck Quilt Club. She joined North Vernon Order of the Eastern Star No. 183 June 29, 1926, and had been a member for 81 years. She enjoyed quilting. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home in North Vernon with the Rev. Lance Marshall officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund. She is survived by friends, David and Marilyn Beesley and family, Sue Beesley and her distant cousin, Evelyn Carson. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Lillian Marcella and Florence Hildred Adams; a brother, Frank Hukill Adams; and friends, Kenneth and Jessie Beesley. [Taken from: Columbus Republic, 23 Feb 2008]
Mary Margaret Adams, 100, of North Vernon died at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Jennings Health Care Center in North Vernon. Born Sept. 17, 1907, in North Vernon, Miss Adams was the daughter of William Vername and Mary Ellen Hukill Adams. Miss Adams was a 1926 graduate of West High School in Denver, Colo., and retired in 1977 after working 18 years at Muscatatuck State Hospital where she was an accountant/clerk. Before that she was deputy auditor at Vernon Courthouse for 25 years and prior to that worked as a beautician. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in North Vernon and Muscatatuck Quilt Club. She joined North Vernon Order of the Eastern Star No. 183 June 29, 1926, and had been a member for 81 years. She enjoyed quilting. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home in North Vernon with the Rev. Lance Marshall officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund. She is survived by friends, David and Marilyn Beesley and family, Sue Beesley and her distant cousin, Evelyn Carson. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Lillian Marcella and Florence Hildred Adams; a brother, Frank Hukill Adams; and friends, Kenneth and Jessie Beesley. [Taken from: Columbus Republic, 23 Feb 2008]
