Etowah County AlArchives Obituaries.....Adams, Bessie Ida February 22, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pamela Treme ptreme@AOL.com January 4, 2005, 6:57 pm The Gadsden Times, Thursday, February 23, 1961, Page 2 Mrs. Bessie Ida Adams Mrs. Bessie Ida Adams, 65, 2905 Shahan Avenue, died yesterday at her residence following a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Alabama City Church of God with the Rev. L. M. Holliday and O. E. Steward officiating. Burial will be in Gadsden Memory Garden with Collier-Butler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers will be: Benny Bennefield, Billy Benefield, Lamar Lee, David Lee, J. B. Copeland, Warren Wheeler, C. L. Harwood and J. C. Adams. Honorary pallbearers will be all personal friends. She is survived by a son, Billy J. Adams, Gadsden; seven daughters, Mrs. Lola Mae Walder, Mrs. W. C. Hayes, Mrs. Robert Miller and Mrs. James Waddell, Gadsden; Mrs. Dallas Swords, Guntersville; Mrs. Claude Black, Blue Mountain; and Mrs. Charley Kendrick, Sanford, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. DeWitt Robinson, Gadsden and Mrs. Ola Welch, Atlanta; four brothers, Paul E. Lee, Boaz; John C. Lee, Ontario, Calif.; Thomas Ira Lee, Gadsden; and Charles B. Lee, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A native of Marshall County and a resident of Etowah County for the past 26 years, Mrs. Adams was a member of Attalla Church of God. The body was to remain at the residence from this afternoon until the hour of service. Additional Comments: Submitter not related. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/etowah/obits/a/135adams135nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb