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Dewey E. Adams

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Dewey E. Adams

Birth
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death
8 Jun 1955 (aged 56)
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.49152, Longitude: -82.6368084
Memorial ID
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South Carolina Death Certificate#009356
Name Dewey E. Adams
Lists Date of Birth as May 17, 1899
Place Clarke County, Georgia
Lists Date of Death as June 8, 1955
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina
Married Velma Brown Adams
Parents not listed
Burial Silver Brook Cemetery.

Dewey E. Adams lived at 129 W. Church Street in Anderson but passed away at Lake Collins near Seneca while fishing. Member of Main Street Baptist Church, a Mason, a Shriner and worked at the Anderson County Jail for eight years. Among his survivors are his wife, Velma Brown Broome Adams; two step-sons, William Melvin Broome from US. Army, E.C. Smallwood, one son, Robert Anderson; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Culbertson from Starr, Mrs. Dorothy Goolesby from Detroit, Michigan, Miss Linda Faye Adams; two brothers, Mat Adams from Watkinsville, Georgia, Olin Adams from Winder, Georgia; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Skinner from Winder, Georgia, Mrs. Bonnie Smith from Mountrie, Georgia, Mrs. Effie Mims from Mountrie, Georgia, Miss Mary Adams from Winder, Georgia and five grandchildren. Services were held at McDougald's Funeral Home on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with internment in Silver Brook Cemetery.

Source Greenville News Friday June 10, 1955 pg. 34

Additional information regarding wives.
US Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007
Name of Daughter Martha Louise Culbertson
Lists mother Emma Toney
Lists Father Dewey E. Adams

Michigan Marriage Records 1867-1952
Name of Daughter Dorothy E. Adams
Lists Mother Emma Toney
Lists Father Dewey E. Adams

Dewey Adams first wife Emma Toney Georgia Death Index as her death as 1928.
2nd wife Edith Philyaw who died in 1940
3 wife Velma Brown Broome Adams who died in 1989

Above information contributed by:
Sharon Ruth Barnett Merheb
South Carolina Death Certificate#009356
Name Dewey E. Adams
Lists Date of Birth as May 17, 1899
Place Clarke County, Georgia
Lists Date of Death as June 8, 1955
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina
Married Velma Brown Adams
Parents not listed
Burial Silver Brook Cemetery.

Dewey E. Adams lived at 129 W. Church Street in Anderson but passed away at Lake Collins near Seneca while fishing. Member of Main Street Baptist Church, a Mason, a Shriner and worked at the Anderson County Jail for eight years. Among his survivors are his wife, Velma Brown Broome Adams; two step-sons, William Melvin Broome from US. Army, E.C. Smallwood, one son, Robert Anderson; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Culbertson from Starr, Mrs. Dorothy Goolesby from Detroit, Michigan, Miss Linda Faye Adams; two brothers, Mat Adams from Watkinsville, Georgia, Olin Adams from Winder, Georgia; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Skinner from Winder, Georgia, Mrs. Bonnie Smith from Mountrie, Georgia, Mrs. Effie Mims from Mountrie, Georgia, Miss Mary Adams from Winder, Georgia and five grandchildren. Services were held at McDougald's Funeral Home on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with internment in Silver Brook Cemetery.

Source Greenville News Friday June 10, 1955 pg. 34

Additional information regarding wives.
US Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007
Name of Daughter Martha Louise Culbertson
Lists mother Emma Toney
Lists Father Dewey E. Adams

Michigan Marriage Records 1867-1952
Name of Daughter Dorothy E. Adams
Lists Mother Emma Toney
Lists Father Dewey E. Adams

Dewey Adams first wife Emma Toney Georgia Death Index as her death as 1928.
2nd wife Edith Philyaw who died in 1940
3 wife Velma Brown Broome Adams who died in 1989

Above information contributed by:
Sharon Ruth Barnett Merheb


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  • Created by: Kelly Jane O
  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57143583/dewey_e-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Dewey E. Adams (17 May 1899–8 Jun 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57143583, citing Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Kelly Jane O (contributor 46850092).