Lillian Esther Adkins

1904 - 2002  (98 years)

• Name	Lillian Esther Adkins
  Born	28 Aug 1904	Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Oct 2002	White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA
  Buried	24 Oct 2002	Lakeview Memorial Gardens - Longview, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I1708	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	John Franklin Adkins, Sr.,   b. 3 Oct 1880, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1954, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James Curtis McClellan,   b. 7 Aug 1904, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1955, Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	17 May 1923	Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F2208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Guy Winfred Bigham, Sr.,   b. 21 Aug 1901, Douglas, Smith County, Texas, USA ,   d. 19 May 1994, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Aug 1904 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 17 May 1923 - Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 22 Oct 2002 - White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA Buried - 24 Oct 2002 - Lakeview Memorial Gardens - Longview, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		J.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
  		Lillian Esther Adkins Bigham Obituary picture

  
  

  Documents		Adkins Family Holds Reunion at Shongaloo Published in The Shreveport Times on June 27, 1948
  		Obituary of Lillian Esther Adkins Bigham Published in The Longview News-Journal on October 23, 2002

  
  

  Headstones

  Crypt of Guy Winfred Bigham, Sr. and Lillian Esther Adkins Bigham Lakeview Memorial Gardens - Longview, Texas, USA Plot: Chapel of Peace Mausoleum - Garden Bldg 1

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Services for Lillian A. "Big Sister" Bigham, 98, of White Oak will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at Lakeview Mausoleum Chapel with the family receiving friends 3-4 p.m. at the mausoleum. Entombment will follow under the direction of Rader Funeral Home. Mrs. Bigham was born Aug. 28, 1904, in Cotton Valley, La. She retired to White Oak in 1972. She died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. Mrs. Bigham was a member of Emanuel Baptist Church in White Oak. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Isha Cloud and Ruth Service; four brothers, J.E. Wills, John Adkins, Penny Adkins and Houston Adkins; her husband, Guy W. Bigham Sr.; and a step-son, Guy W. Bigham Jr. Survivors include her step-daughter, Nancy Callahan and her husband, Guy C., of Muncie, Ind., and her stepdaughter-in-law, Betty Bigham of Memphis, Tenn. She is also survived by her nieces, Audrey Knotts and her husband, David, of Gladewater; Pat Stokes and her husband, Robert, of Tyler; Frances Cleveland and her husband, David, of Mineral Wells; and Judy Edwards and her husband, Bruce, of Fort Worth. Survivors also include her nephews, George Cloud and his wife, Barbara, of White Oak and Bill Service and his wife, Beth, of Shreveport, La.; six step-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Donalita Adkins of Mineral Wells; 15 great-nieces and great-nephews; 33 great-great-nieces and nephews; eight great-great-great nieces and nephews; and special great-niece Dianne Hawthorne of White Oak. Those unable to attend may sign an online memorial guest-book at www.raderfh.com in the obituary section. (Published in The Longview News-Journal on October 23, 2002)