Frances Ruth Adkins

1911 - 1995  (83 years)

• Name	Frances Ruth Adkins
  Born	5 Nov 1911	Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Aug 1995	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	5 Aug 1995	Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I1711	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2017

  
  

  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	Willie Harmon Service,   b. 28 Nov 1898, Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1989, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1927	Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. Billy Ray Service,   b. 2 Nov 1929, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 2018, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Nov 1911 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 28 Apr 1927 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 3 Aug 1995 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 5 Aug 1995 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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
  		Isha Mary Adkins Cloud and Frances Ruth Adkins Service
  		Willie Harmon Service, Frances Ruth Adkins Service, and Billy Ray Service Taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1936
  		Frances Ruth Adkins Service Obituary picture
  		Frances Ruth Adkins Service and Willie Harmon Service

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary of Frances Ruth Adkins Service Published in The Shreveport Times on August 5, 1995

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: VIVIAN, LA - Frances Ruth Adkins Service was born on November 5, 1911 to a pioneer Webster Parish family. She went to Heaven on Thursday, August 3, 1995 where she joined her beloved husband of 59 years, W.H. (Red) Service. Services will be held at First Baptist Church in Vivian on Saturday, August 5, 1995 at 11 a.m. with interment at Forest Park in Shreveport. Officiating the service will be Dr. Jimmy Dobson, pastor of First Baptist with assistance by former pastors, under the direction of McGuire Funeral Home of Vivian. Meme, as she was called by her grandchildren and many others who knew and loved her, is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Beth Service, granddaughter, Debbie and husband, Kent Gibson, grandson, Leonard and wife, Donna Service, all of Shreveport, and granddaughter, Brenda and husband, Bill Harrison of Monroe, LA, great grandchildren, Lana and Jill Gibson and Dorobeth and Katie Harrison. She is also survived by sisters, Lillian A. Bigham of White Oak, TX and Isha A. Cloud of Tyler, TX, as well as many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Service was active in her church and community wherever Standard Oil took her family to live. She was saved at First Baptist Church in Cotton Valley, had been a member at First Baptist in Norphlet, AR, Oil Field Baptist Church in Homer, LA, First Baptist Church in Rodessa, LA and was a member at First Baptist Church in Vivian since her husband retired in 1959. There she remained faithful in service and attendance until she became ill in May of this year. She and her husband were instrumental in early organization of the Vivian Red Bud Festival, She was an organizer and longtime president of the second oldest Exxon Annuitant Club, Vivian Chapter. Her youthful zest for life betrayed her age. She will be missed by the many that she loved. A favorite proverb was "cast your crumbs on the water and they will come back as loaves." This was how she lived and will continue to serve as part of her legacy. Pallbearers will be Dennis Wade, Waymon Moon, Mike Irvin, Van Hutchinson, Walter Kirkpatrick and Bill Jordan. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Rodgers, Gene Shelton, Deacons of First Baptist Church and the men of the Annuitant Club. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to First Baptist Church of Vivian Building Fund. (Published in The Shreveport Times on August 5, 1995)