Tupelo Journal, October 25, 1972
W. C. Adams (Winifred Cooper) retired attorney at law of Corinth and a former president pro-tem of the Miss. State Senate, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Hospital here following an extended illness. He was 84.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Henry Cemetery in Corinth with the Rev. Paul H. Mattie officiating.
Mr. Adams was a WW I veteran, served in the Miss. Legislature from 1924 to 1936 and on numerous occasions was acting governor. He also was the first state commander of the American Legion in Miss.
Mr. Adams, an Episcopalian, was a former member of the Corinth Kiwanis Club & the Masonic Lodge. He attended Corinth schools and Princeton University. He earned his law degree from the Univ. of Miss. and began his practice of law in Corinth in 1910.
Mr. Adams leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Kirk Adams, 3 sons, Johnston Cooper Adams of Memphis; John Kirk Adams of Martinsville, Va.; and Wm. Shattuck Adams of Rosedale; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
[SOURCE: handwritten copy of obituary found in papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim.]
[Note: Winfred Cooper Adams was born May 25, 1888 in Corinth, Alcorn Co., Miss., the son of William Thomas Adams and Dorcas Virginia Smith Johnston. He died on October 24, 1972 in Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi.
[SOURCE: papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim]
W. C. Adams (Winifred Cooper) retired attorney at law of Corinth and a former president pro-tem of the Miss. State Senate, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Hospital here following an extended illness. He was 84.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Henry Cemetery in Corinth with the Rev. Paul H. Mattie officiating.
Mr. Adams was a WW I veteran, served in the Miss. Legislature from 1924 to 1936 and on numerous occasions was acting governor. He also was the first state commander of the American Legion in Miss.
Mr. Adams, an Episcopalian, was a former member of the Corinth Kiwanis Club & the Masonic Lodge. He attended Corinth schools and Princeton University. He earned his law degree from the Univ. of Miss. and began his practice of law in Corinth in 1910.
Mr. Adams leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Kirk Adams, 3 sons, Johnston Cooper Adams of Memphis; John Kirk Adams of Martinsville, Va.; and Wm. Shattuck Adams of Rosedale; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
[SOURCE: handwritten copy of obituary found in papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim.]
[Note: Winfred Cooper Adams was born May 25, 1888 in Corinth, Alcorn Co., Miss., the son of William Thomas Adams and Dorcas Virginia Smith Johnston. He died on October 24, 1972 in Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi.
[SOURCE: papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim]
Tupelo Journal, October 25, 1972
W. C. Adams (Winifred Cooper) retired attorney at law of Corinth and a former president pro-tem of the Miss. State Senate, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Hospital here following an extended illness. He was 84.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Henry Cemetery in Corinth with the Rev. Paul H. Mattie officiating.
Mr. Adams was a WW I veteran, served in the Miss. Legislature from 1924 to 1936 and on numerous occasions was acting governor. He also was the first state commander of the American Legion in Miss.
Mr. Adams, an Episcopalian, was a former member of the Corinth Kiwanis Club & the Masonic Lodge. He attended Corinth schools and Princeton University. He earned his law degree from the Univ. of Miss. and began his practice of law in Corinth in 1910.
Mr. Adams leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Kirk Adams, 3 sons, Johnston Cooper Adams of Memphis; John Kirk Adams of Martinsville, Va.; and Wm. Shattuck Adams of Rosedale; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
[SOURCE: handwritten copy of obituary found in papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim.]
[Note: Winfred Cooper Adams was born May 25, 1888 in Corinth, Alcorn Co., Miss., the son of William Thomas Adams and Dorcas Virginia Smith Johnston. He died on October 24, 1972 in Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi.
[SOURCE: papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim]
W. C. Adams (Winifred Cooper) retired attorney at law of Corinth and a former president pro-tem of the Miss. State Senate, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Hospital here following an extended illness. He was 84.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Henry Cemetery in Corinth with the Rev. Paul H. Mattie officiating.
Mr. Adams was a WW I veteran, served in the Miss. Legislature from 1924 to 1936 and on numerous occasions was acting governor. He also was the first state commander of the American Legion in Miss.
Mr. Adams, an Episcopalian, was a former member of the Corinth Kiwanis Club & the Masonic Lodge. He attended Corinth schools and Princeton University. He earned his law degree from the Univ. of Miss. and began his practice of law in Corinth in 1910.
Mr. Adams leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Kirk Adams, 3 sons, Johnston Cooper Adams of Memphis; John Kirk Adams of Martinsville, Va.; and Wm. Shattuck Adams of Rosedale; 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
[SOURCE: handwritten copy of obituary found in papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim.]
[Note: Winfred Cooper Adams was born May 25, 1888 in Corinth, Alcorn Co., Miss., the son of William Thomas Adams and Dorcas Virginia Smith Johnston. He died on October 24, 1972 in Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi.
[SOURCE: papers belonging to Annie Lou Swaim]
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