MRS. ADAMS DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN CONCORD.
Had Been in Ill Health For Several Years - Was Native of Moore County - Funeral Service at Home on Washington St. Tomorrow Morning.
Mrs. Fannie Person Adams, widow of the late Hon. Henry B. Adams, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Houston, in Concord at 1:15 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for some time and since Sunday she had been in a state of coma. Her children were at her bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Adams was born in Carthage, Moore county, December 31, 1850, and was therefore in her 68th year. Her maiden name was Miss Fannie Person. Her girlhood days were spent in Charlotte where she attended the Presbyterian college. Before she went to Charlotte she attended the old Edgeworth college in Greensboro.
On April 24, 1872, she was married to the late Hon. H. B. Adams, for years one of the most prominent members of the Monroe bar and one of the city's public spirited citizens. To this union six children survive. They are Mrs. W. J. Rudge, Miss Pat Adams, Mr. Hal B. Adams and Mr. C. B. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. W. C. Houston of Concord and Dr. Ray Adams of raleigh. The following half-brothers and sisters also survive: Miss Ella Dowd, Miss Matt Dowd, Mrs. W. F. Harding, and Herman Dowd of Charlotte, Prof. Jerome Dowd of the University of Oklahoma, and Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn. Willis Bruce Dowd, another half-brother, died in New York city last April.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist church and for years was president of the Womans Missionary Society of Central Methodist church. She was a woman of the highest type of character and of a sweet, lovable disposition. She was a lady of culture and refinement and all whom she met felt her influence.
The body was brought to Monroe from Concord through the country this morning. Funeral services will be conducted from the home on Washington street at ten o'clock in the morning. Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of the Central Methodist church, assisted by other ministers, will conduct the service. Interment will be in the cemetery here.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Friday, March 21, 1919
Page 1
Had Been in Ill Health For Several Years - Was Native of Moore County - Funeral Service at Home on Washington St. Tomorrow Morning.
Mrs. Fannie Person Adams, widow of the late Hon. Henry B. Adams, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Houston, in Concord at 1:15 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for some time and since Sunday she had been in a state of coma. Her children were at her bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Adams was born in Carthage, Moore county, December 31, 1850, and was therefore in her 68th year. Her maiden name was Miss Fannie Person. Her girlhood days were spent in Charlotte where she attended the Presbyterian college. Before she went to Charlotte she attended the old Edgeworth college in Greensboro.
On April 24, 1872, she was married to the late Hon. H. B. Adams, for years one of the most prominent members of the Monroe bar and one of the city's public spirited citizens. To this union six children survive. They are Mrs. W. J. Rudge, Miss Pat Adams, Mr. Hal B. Adams and Mr. C. B. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. W. C. Houston of Concord and Dr. Ray Adams of raleigh. The following half-brothers and sisters also survive: Miss Ella Dowd, Miss Matt Dowd, Mrs. W. F. Harding, and Herman Dowd of Charlotte, Prof. Jerome Dowd of the University of Oklahoma, and Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn. Willis Bruce Dowd, another half-brother, died in New York city last April.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist church and for years was president of the Womans Missionary Society of Central Methodist church. She was a woman of the highest type of character and of a sweet, lovable disposition. She was a lady of culture and refinement and all whom she met felt her influence.
The body was brought to Monroe from Concord through the country this morning. Funeral services will be conducted from the home on Washington street at ten o'clock in the morning. Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of the Central Methodist church, assisted by other ministers, will conduct the service. Interment will be in the cemetery here.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Friday, March 21, 1919
Page 1
MRS. ADAMS DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN CONCORD.
Had Been in Ill Health For Several Years - Was Native of Moore County - Funeral Service at Home on Washington St. Tomorrow Morning.
Mrs. Fannie Person Adams, widow of the late Hon. Henry B. Adams, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Houston, in Concord at 1:15 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for some time and since Sunday she had been in a state of coma. Her children were at her bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Adams was born in Carthage, Moore county, December 31, 1850, and was therefore in her 68th year. Her maiden name was Miss Fannie Person. Her girlhood days were spent in Charlotte where she attended the Presbyterian college. Before she went to Charlotte she attended the old Edgeworth college in Greensboro.
On April 24, 1872, she was married to the late Hon. H. B. Adams, for years one of the most prominent members of the Monroe bar and one of the city's public spirited citizens. To this union six children survive. They are Mrs. W. J. Rudge, Miss Pat Adams, Mr. Hal B. Adams and Mr. C. B. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. W. C. Houston of Concord and Dr. Ray Adams of raleigh. The following half-brothers and sisters also survive: Miss Ella Dowd, Miss Matt Dowd, Mrs. W. F. Harding, and Herman Dowd of Charlotte, Prof. Jerome Dowd of the University of Oklahoma, and Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn. Willis Bruce Dowd, another half-brother, died in New York city last April.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist church and for years was president of the Womans Missionary Society of Central Methodist church. She was a woman of the highest type of character and of a sweet, lovable disposition. She was a lady of culture and refinement and all whom she met felt her influence.
The body was brought to Monroe from Concord through the country this morning. Funeral services will be conducted from the home on Washington street at ten o'clock in the morning. Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of the Central Methodist church, assisted by other ministers, will conduct the service. Interment will be in the cemetery here.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Friday, March 21, 1919
Page 1
Had Been in Ill Health For Several Years - Was Native of Moore County - Funeral Service at Home on Washington St. Tomorrow Morning.
Mrs. Fannie Person Adams, widow of the late Hon. Henry B. Adams, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Houston, in Concord at 1:15 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for some time and since Sunday she had been in a state of coma. Her children were at her bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Adams was born in Carthage, Moore county, December 31, 1850, and was therefore in her 68th year. Her maiden name was Miss Fannie Person. Her girlhood days were spent in Charlotte where she attended the Presbyterian college. Before she went to Charlotte she attended the old Edgeworth college in Greensboro.
On April 24, 1872, she was married to the late Hon. H. B. Adams, for years one of the most prominent members of the Monroe bar and one of the city's public spirited citizens. To this union six children survive. They are Mrs. W. J. Rudge, Miss Pat Adams, Mr. Hal B. Adams and Mr. C. B. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. W. C. Houston of Concord and Dr. Ray Adams of raleigh. The following half-brothers and sisters also survive: Miss Ella Dowd, Miss Matt Dowd, Mrs. W. F. Harding, and Herman Dowd of Charlotte, Prof. Jerome Dowd of the University of Oklahoma, and Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn. Willis Bruce Dowd, another half-brother, died in New York city last April.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist church and for years was president of the Womans Missionary Society of Central Methodist church. She was a woman of the highest type of character and of a sweet, lovable disposition. She was a lady of culture and refinement and all whom she met felt her influence.
The body was brought to Monroe from Concord through the country this morning. Funeral services will be conducted from the home on Washington street at ten o'clock in the morning. Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of the Central Methodist church, assisted by other ministers, will conduct the service. Interment will be in the cemetery here.
The Monroe Journal
Monroe, NC
Friday, March 21, 1919
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