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Benton Lewis Adams

Birth
Sunray, Moore County, Texas, USA
Death
2 Jul 1973 (aged 70)
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9228383, Longitude: -85.8224322
Plot
Christus Gardens ~31
Memorial ID
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In memory
BENTON L. ADAMS
1903-1973
Benton L. Adams, 70, was dead on arrival in Home Hospital at 12:30 p.m.

Monday as a result of a car-truck accident on Interstate 65.

Born in Paris, Tex., he was married to Katheryne Giles in 1930, and she survies.

He owned and operated a theatre in Sunray, Tex., before moving to the Lafayette area.

He was employed as a security guard at the Minardo Fruit Co.

Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Charles Dearman , Jr., Cookville, Tenn., and two sons, Mark E. Adams , Chicago, and Byron L. Adams , Clark Summit, Pa. His mother, Mrs. Minnie Adams, four brothers and a sister, all of Lubbock, Tex., all survive.

Services and burial will be in Smithville, Tenn.

Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
03 Jul 1973, Tue β€’ Page 4
US
*****
Lafayette , IND death certs
father: Joseph Adams
mother : Minnie Mundy Adams
He maried Johnnie Katheryn Giles on May 11, 1930 in Lubbock Co. Texas
In memory
BENTON L. ADAMS
1903-1973
Benton L. Adams, 70, was dead on arrival in Home Hospital at 12:30 p.m.

Monday as a result of a car-truck accident on Interstate 65.

Born in Paris, Tex., he was married to Katheryne Giles in 1930, and she survies.

He owned and operated a theatre in Sunray, Tex., before moving to the Lafayette area.

He was employed as a security guard at the Minardo Fruit Co.

Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Charles Dearman , Jr., Cookville, Tenn., and two sons, Mark E. Adams , Chicago, and Byron L. Adams , Clark Summit, Pa. His mother, Mrs. Minnie Adams, four brothers and a sister, all of Lubbock, Tex., all survive.

Services and burial will be in Smithville, Tenn.

Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
03 Jul 1973, Tue β€’ Page 4
US
*****
Lafayette , IND death certs
father: Joseph Adams
mother : Minnie Mundy Adams
He maried Johnnie Katheryn Giles on May 11, 1930 in Lubbock Co. Texas


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