Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Adams, Phil June 14, 1920
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, June 25, 1920
Negro Found Dead In Lower Part of County

Last Monday afternoon, June 14th, Coroner E. G. Harrell was called to the 
southern portion of the county near the Florida line to hold an inquest over 
the body of Phil Adams, an old negro who had been found dead about noon in the 
field of Mr. Harrison.  No doubt Adams became overheated and fearing that he 
would faint or have a sun stroke, made off in the direction of a tree where he 
could rest, as his tracks in the soft plowed land indicated this.  He evidently 
died from natural causes as there were no scars or marks on the body to 
indicate violence had been done.  He was said to have been about 55 years of 
age and was a law abiding negro.

The jury rendered the following verdict:

"We, the jury, find that the deceased, Phil Adams, came to his death by natural 
causes."
Signed — W. G. Gainey, Foreman; H. E. Harvin, S. H. Stringer, R. E. Stringer, 
T. O. Harrison, A. R. Sessions."

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