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Jesse Loraine Adams Sr.

6 Feb 1897 – 10 Jul 1959

Birth	6 Feb 1897
Death	10 Jul 1959
Cemetery	Roseland Cemetery Gloster , Amite County , Mississippi , USA
Added by	Mike & Kay on 19 Dec 2016
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24300658

Bio

Died at 9:15 p.m. Friday at his home in Gloster, Miss. Age 62. A native of Gloster, he was a member of the Masons, the Shriners, and was former commander of the Liberty Post 76 of the American Legion. Was city clerk in Gloster for 35 years, was a former president of the Mississippi Insurance Agents Assn. and was a deacon in the Galilee Baptist Church in Gloster for 35 years. Served as colonel on the staffs of two Mississippi governors, and was very active in Red Cross and Boy Scout work. Was a wearer of the Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award. Services at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Galilee Baptist Church, followed by burial in Roselawn [sic Roseland] Cemetery. Brown Funeral Home in Gloster in charge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Butler Adams; one son, Jesse L. Adams Jr., Gloster; one daughter, Mrs. Alice A. Latham, Great Lakes, Ill., and four grandchildren. Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), July 12, 1959

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Family

Parents

• Charlie Adams 1864–1951
• Florence Irene Cole Adams 1867–1938

Spouse

• Rebecca Mae Butler Adams 1902–1997 FaG

Siblings

• Edgar Cole Adams 1889–1955
• Mamie Irene Adams Kelly 1891–1976
• Charles M. Adams 1895–1922
• Thomas Jefferson Adams 1899–1979

Children

• Jesse Loraine "Jay" Adams Jr 1923–1993 FaG
• Alice May Adams Latham 1928–2011 FaG

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