John Franklin Adkins, Sr.
1880 - 1954 (73 years)-
Photos John Franklin Adkins, Sr. John Franklin Adkins, Sr. Home of John Franklin Adkins, Sr.
Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USAJ.F. Adkins Family
Back Row L to R: John Franklin Adkins, Jr., John Franklin Adkins, Sr., Pennie Wills Adkins, George Houston Adkins.
Front Row L to R: Frances Ruth Adkins Service, Lillian Adkins Bigham, Isha Adkins Cloud, and John Edmon Wills
Documents U.S. World War I Draft Card - John Franklin Adkins
Name: John Franklin Adkins
County: Webster
State: Louisiana
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1880
Race: White
Occupation: Farmer
Employer: Self
Place of Employment: Cotton Valley, Webster, La.
Nearest Relative Name: Esther Adkins
Nearest Relative Address: Cotton Valley, Webster, La.
Height: Medium
Build: Medium
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: BlackU.S. World War II Draft Card - John Franklin Adkins, Sr.
Name: John Franklin Adkins
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1880
Residence: Route 1 Box 124, Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA
Age: 61
Birth Place: Haynesville, Claiborne, Louisiana
Employer's Name: Farming
Place of Employment: Cotton Valley, Webster, La.Obituary of John Franklin Adkins, Sr.
Published in The Shreveport Times on August 9, 1954Adkins Family Holds Reunion at Shongaloo
Published in The Shreveport Times on June 27, 1948
Headstones Headstone of John Franklin Adkins, Sr.
Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USAHeadstone of John Franklin Adkins, Sr. and Esther Houston Wills Adkins
Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA
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Name John Franklin Adkins Suffix Sr. Nickname J.F. Born 3 Oct 1880 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA Gender Male Died 8 Aug 1954 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried 9 Aug 1954 Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA Person ID I1707 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 6 Oct 2016
Family Esther Houston, b. 13 Dec 1874, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 14 Apr 1937, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 62 years) Married 2 Sep 1903 Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Children 1. Lillian Esther Adkins, b. 28 Aug 1904, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 22 Oct 2002, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 98 years) + 2. George Houston Adkins, b. 26 Dec 1906, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 13 Nov 1991, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) + 3. Isha Mary Adkins, b. 28 Oct 1908, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 20 Jun 1999, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 90 years) + 4. Frances Ruth Adkins, b. 5 Nov 1911, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 3 Aug 1995, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 83 years) 5. John Franklin Adkins, Jr., b. 17 Dec 1913, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 8 Nov 1965, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA (Age 51 years) + 6. Pennie Wills Adkins, b. 9 Oct 1918, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 15 Sep 1971, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA (Age 52 years) Last Modified 9 Apr 2015 Family ID F648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Obituary:
J.F. Adkins, Sr. Succumbs at 73
Funeral services will be held at New Sarepta Baptist Church for John Franklin Adkins Sr., 73, of Sarepta, who died in a Shreveport hospital at 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Rev. R.O. Bazer, former pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of the Brunson Funeral Home of Bossier City.
Mr. Adkins was a farmer and well-known property owner.
Surviving are his widow: three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Bigham and Mrs. Isha Cloud, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. Ruth Service of Rodessa; three sons, Houston Adkins of Price, Tex., John F. Adkins Jr. of Cotton Valley, and Penny Adkins of Mineral Wells, Tex.; five stepsons, J.E. Wills of Cotton Valley, Trebanion Deloach of Delhi, Tom Deloach of Sarepta, James W. Deloach of Dallas, and J.A. Deloach of Shreveport; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Margaret D. Clark of Napoleonville, Mrs. Elizabeth D. LeCroy of Sarepta, and Mrs. Charlene Sullivan and Mrs. Doris Sullivan, both of Benton; and three sisters, Mrs. W.E. Wiley, Mrs. Lena Delafield, and Mrs. Abit Moore, all of Sarepta.
Pallbearers will be Gwen Adkins, Billy Service, George Cloud, J.A. Deloach, Jack Clark, and Robert Stokes. Honorary pallbearers will be nephews.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on August 9, 1954)
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