John Franklin Adkins, Jr.
1913 - 1965 (51 years)-
Name John Franklin Adkins Suffix Jr. Born 17 Dec 1913 Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Gender Male Died 8 Nov 1965 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Buried 10 Nov 1965 Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA Person ID I1712 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 10 May 2025
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 Beulah Parker, b. 7 Jun 1918, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Dec 2004, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 86 years) Last Modified 16 Mar 2021 Family ID F4579 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 17 Dec 1913 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Died - 8 Nov 1965 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 10 Nov 1965 - Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
John Franklin Adkins, Jr. and Pennie Wills Adkins 
George Houston Adkins, John Franklin Adkins, Jr., and Pennie Wills Adkins 
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 Esther Adkins Bigham, Isha Mary Adkins Cloud, and John Edmon Wills
Documents 
U.S. World War II Draft Card - John Franklin Adkins, Jr.
Name: John Frank Adkins, Jr.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1913
Birth Place: Cotton Valley, Louisiana
Residence Place: Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA
Employer: Premier Oil & Refining Co.
Weight: 165 lbs.
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5' 11 1/2"
Next of Kin: Beulah Parker Adkins
Adkins Family Holds Reunion at Shongaloo
Published in The Shreveport Times on June 27, 1948
Death Certificate for John Franklin Adkins, Jr.
Name: John F. Adkins Junior
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1913
Birth Place: Louisiana
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA
Father: John F. Adkins
Mother: Esther Houston
Age at Death: 51
Death Date: 8 Nov 1965
Death Place: Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA
Obituary of John Franklin Adkins, Jr.
Published in The Shreveport Times on November 9, 1965
Headstones 
Headstone of John Franklin Adkins, Jr.
Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Cotton Valley Native Dies in Texas Town
MINERAL WELLS, Tex. - John W. Adkins, 52, a native of Cotton Valley, La., who had lived in Mineral Wells eight years and in this area 17 years, was fatally stricken, apparently with a cerebral hemorrhage, at his home here early Monday.
Mr. Adkins became ill as he prepared to have coffee with a neighbor who had come to the house.
Funeral services will be held in Mineral Wells at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Carlock-Minnick Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Adkins had owned and operated Modern Cleaners here since July. He formerly operated a service station at Salesville near here and prior to that time, was a grocery merchant at Perin, Tex.
He was a Mason, a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Salesville Baptist Church.
He is survived by his widow; two brothers, Pennie, of Mineral Wells, and G. H. of Carlyle, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Bigham and Mrs. Isha Cloud, both of Dallas, and Mrs. W. H. Service, of Vivian, La.; and a half-brother, J. E. Wills of Cotton Valley.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on November 9, 1965)
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