LENA ADAMS
1883-1937
Mrs. Lena Collins Adams, wife of Mr. Will Adams of Martin, Ky., was
stricken with a stroke of paralysis at her home early Saturday morning,
December 4, and died at the Stumbo Hospital at Lackey Monday, December 6.
Mrs. Adams, the daughter of Bud and Lydia Collins, was born Sept. 10,
1883, at Paintsville. Both parents have preceded her in death.
She was married to Will Adams January 26, 1903, by Burns Conley at
Thealka, Ky., and to this union eight children were born, four of whom
died in infancy.
Surviving are her husband, three children. John Wiley and Mary Joe at
home, Mrs. Charles Nelson, Paintsville, and Bill Adams, Estill, Ky., one
grandchild, Billie Nelson, and the following brothers and sisters: Crate
Collins, Glo, Ky.; Robert Collins, Carpenter, Ohio; Mrs. Grover Carter,
Sharpels, W. Va.; Mrs. C.B. Johnson and Mrs. Rosa Warkinson, Charleston,
W. Va.; Mrs. Jeff Coleman, Garrett, Ky., and Mrs. Frank Stafford,
Paintsville.
From her childhood she had worked in the Baptist Church, but in 1910 she
changed her membership to the M.E. Church, South, at Paintsville, working
faithfully in the church until she moved to Martin seven years ago. From
that time until death her health had been failing and she was unable to
do as much as she wished.
Her friendly disposition and her ability to assist in time of distress
won her many friends. Her religious sincerity was an inspiration to all
those with whom she came in contact, leaving the remembrance of one who
lived a short, useful life for those she loved.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
December 16, 1937
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