Obituaries: Chester Adams, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 26, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites for Chester Adams, 78, Held in Texas

Funeral services were held in Livingston, Texas, Friday, Jan. 20, for Chester
Adams, age 78, who died at his home there after a long illness.

Mr. Adams was born in Winn Parish near Sikes, where he spent his early life as
a school teacher, teaching in several schools in Winn and Jackson Parishes.

He was a retired Baptist minister, graduating from Mt. Lebanon College and
Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.  He made his home in
Texas for the past 34 years.

Mr. Adams is survived by his wife and two daughters, all of Texas; on brother,
Watson Adams, Sikes; three sisters, Mrs. Myra Parker, Dodson, Mrs. Emma
Griffin, Farmerville, Mrs. Ethel Griffin, West Monroe; two cousins, Mrs.
Louisa Jordan and Ivy Thompson, Sikes; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Those attending the funeral from Sikes were Watson Adams, J. P. Adams, Mrs.
Venail Parker, Marshall Adams, and Mrs. Myra Parker of Dodson.