Mr. Adams was born and reared in the Hurricane Grove community. He was the son of the late W. N. Adams and Carolyn Smith Adams. In his younger days he taught school and later in life devoted his time to farming. A man who stood high in his community and parish, he was well known throughout this section and in religious circles in the state.
For almost thirty one years he had served as clerk of the Shady Grove Baptist Association. He was a Mason and a member of the Hurricane Grove Church.
Mr. Adams in September, 1907, married Miss Eleanor Fox, also a native of Ward Seven. To this union were born two sons, L. G. and E. G. Adams, who survive, together with their mother.
Others surviving are four brothers and four sisters: Dr. J. V. Adams and H. G. Adams of Columbia, M. J. Adams of Alexandria, E. C. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. Stella Gates, Oak Grove, Mrs. Fannie Smith, Sikes, Mrs. Della Simmons, Dodson, and Mrs. Alma Higdon, Tullos.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, September 17, 1936
Mr. Adams was born and reared in the Hurricane Grove community. He was the son of the late W. N. Adams and Carolyn Smith Adams. In his younger days he taught school and later in life devoted his time to farming. A man who stood high in his community and parish, he was well known throughout this section and in religious circles in the state.
For almost thirty one years he had served as clerk of the Shady Grove Baptist Association. He was a Mason and a member of the Hurricane Grove Church.
Mr. Adams in September, 1907, married Miss Eleanor Fox, also a native of Ward Seven. To this union were born two sons, L. G. and E. G. Adams, who survive, together with their mother.
Others surviving are four brothers and four sisters: Dr. J. V. Adams and H. G. Adams of Columbia, M. J. Adams of Alexandria, E. C. Adams of Monroe, Mrs. Stella Gates, Oak Grove, Mrs. Fannie Smith, Sikes, Mrs. Della Simmons, Dodson, and Mrs. Alma Higdon, Tullos.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, September 17, 1936
Family Members
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William Riley Adams
1874–1916
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Dr John Vildora Adams
1878–1944
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Della Delilah Adams Simmons
1880–1957
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Stella Equila Adams Gates
1883–1979
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Henry G. Adams
1885–1945
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Fannie Adams Smith
1887–1939
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Monroe J. Adams
1890–1960
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Eliga Coleman Adams
1892–1957
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Alma Adams Higdon
1895–1940
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Irvin Garfield Adams
1897–1935
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