Roger Mills Co. - Obit for H.J. Adams Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Obit for H.J. Adams Services for H.J. Adams, 77, Asher, were at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 1987 in the Wanette Pentecostal Holiness Church. He died Saturday January 17, 1987 in a Tecumseh nursing home. The Rev. Eugene Snow officiated. Burial followed in the Wanette Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh. Adams was born May 1, 1909 in Murphy, N.C. to Lloyd and Nina Adams. In 1911 he moved to Manitou, Oklahoma. On December 19, 1925, he married Elzy L. Hogue in Frederick, Oklahoma. During World War II he served with the United States Navy in the South Pacific. A contractor and housepainter, Adams lived near Asher since 1973. He was a member of the Pentecostal Hiliness Church. Adams was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister. Survivors include his wife, Elzy Adams of the home; four sons, Jody Adams, Person; Henry Adams, Cobb, GA, the Rev. Jay Adams, Seminole; Dwain Adams, Tribbey; two daughters, Dorothy Stevens, Prague; Nina H. Poplin, Fairfax, one brother, George Adams, Garden Grove, California; two sisters, Nola Roark, Winfield, Kansas; Estelle Dodson, Frederick; one granddaughter, Lorie Ann Davis, Oklahoma City; 20 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren; and one great great grandson. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok