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Ada Faith Robbins Misek
30 Nov 1924 – 10 Mar 1999
| Birth | 30 Nov 1924 |
| Death | 10 Mar 1999 |
| Cemetery | Grandview Memorial Gardens Clinton , Anderson County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | sheena^78 on 19 Oct 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55519784 |
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March 11, 1999 Section: Obituaries Ada Robbins Misek Clinton civic leader Ada Faith Robbins Misek, 74, of Clinton, died Wednesday, March 10, 1999, at her home of cancer. Mrs. Misek was retired as a supervisor in the accounting department at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to her regular responsibilities, she developed training programs for the employees, her family said. She had also taught classes in the Oak Ridge school system's Adult Education Program. Mrs. Misek was a certified professional secretary and also a licensed real estate broker. After working as a real estate agent for the Sellers Real Estate firm, she opened her own firm in Clinton. After 13 years of night classes, she earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee, graduating magna cum laude. Her family said she accomplished all this while she was employed full-time and was raising two children. Mrs. Misek was active in First Baptist Church of Clinton. She taught Sunday school classes, sang in the church choir and was the first woman treasurer of the church. She was also active in community affairs and served as chairman of the interviewing section of the Oak Ridge Historical Society, had served as president of the Business and Professional Women's Club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Misek was named Woman of the Year by the Clinton Jaycettes. She was co-founder of the Anderson County Historical Society and wrote a chapter for the book "Clinton, An Identity Revisited." She was also president of the Clinton chapter of Future Farmers of America Alumni, served on the board of directors of the Anderson County Community Action Commission and Home Aid, and had served as president of the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce. She was also a member of the Holston Rose Society and what the family said was the Oak Ridge Choral Society. She was the daughter of Jerome and Jemima Duncan Robbins, who are deceased. Mrs. Misek is survived by her husband of 56 years, L.J. Misek; her daughter, Ada Ann Clark of Clinton; her son, Laddie Jerome Misek and his wife, Brenda, of Farragut; her grandson, Robert Clark; and her grand daughter, Tracey Misek. She is also survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Bridges and her husband, Hamilton, of Clinton, Ruth Braden of Knoxville, Edith Mitchell and her husband, Kenneth, of Dickson, Bonnie Wilson and her husband, William, of Mount Airy, Md., Edward Rice of Newport and Wendell Jones of Knoxville; and by several nieces and nephews.Three sisters, Ester Rice, Marjorie Wallace and Claudia Jones, and her grandson Steven Clark died earlier. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 12, at First Baptist in Clinton with the Rev. Samuel Dean officiating.Burial will follow at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Clinton.The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the church.The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to the Music Committee at First Baptist Church, 222 N. Main St., Clinton, TN 37716; or to the American Cancer Society, in care of Lee Costanzo, 103 Case Lane, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is handling arrangements.
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- Esther Pearl Robbins Rice 1919–1992 FaG
- Mary Robbins Bridges 1920–2016 FaG
- Ruth E Robbins Braden 1921–2009 FaG
- Claudia T Robbins Jones 1926–1996 FaG
- Edith Robbins Mitchell 1928–2015 FaG
- Marjoria "Marjorie" Robbins Wallace 1931–1995 FaG
- Bonnie Josephine Robbins Wilson 1934–2007 FaG
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