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Attack of Erysipelas Proves Fatal to aged Citizen; Was Member of Baptist Church.
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Richard W. Adams, age 82, one of the best known citizens of the county, died Tuesday, January 27, at the Keys-Houston Clinic Hospital following a three weeks illness of erysipelas. Mr. Adams was a member of the Baptist church and an esteemed man of many friends.He leaves a large family to mourn his death, including five daughters and three sons. They are, Mrs. M. P. Pierson, and Mrs. Ruth Thayer, St. Louis; Mrs. Dud Wynn, Buchanan, Tenn.; Mrs. Hub Murrell, Murray, and Mrs. Beatrice Brown, Souix [sic] Falls, South Dakota; Boyd Adams, Mayfield; Dow Adams, Paris, Tenn., and Don Adams, Tampa, Florida. Mr. Adams was an uncle of Esq. Edd Adams of the county.Funeral services were conducted at West Fork Wednesday afternoon, January 28, at two o'clock by Elder R. F. Gregory. Burial was in the West Fork Graveyard.
Murray Ledger & Times - February 5, 1931
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Attack of Erysipelas Proves Fatal to aged Citizen; Was Member of Baptist Church.
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Richard W. Adams, age 82, one of the best known citizens of the county, died Tuesday, January 27, at the Keys-Houston Clinic Hospital following a three weeks illness of erysipelas. Mr. Adams was a member of the Baptist church and an esteemed man of many friends.He leaves a large family to mourn his death, including five daughters and three sons. They are, Mrs. M. P. Pierson, and Mrs. Ruth Thayer, St. Louis; Mrs. Dud Wynn, Buchanan, Tenn.; Mrs. Hub Murrell, Murray, and Mrs. Beatrice Brown, Souix [sic] Falls, South Dakota; Boyd Adams, Mayfield; Dow Adams, Paris, Tenn., and Don Adams, Tampa, Florida. Mr. Adams was an uncle of Esq. Edd Adams of the county.Funeral services were conducted at West Fork Wednesday afternoon, January 28, at two o'clock by Elder R. F. Gregory. Burial was in the West Fork Graveyard.
Murray Ledger & Times - February 5, 1931
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