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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)

John married Esther Houston 2 Sep 1903, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Esther (daughter of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Frances Viola Campbell) was born 13 Dec 1874, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 14 Apr 1937, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 15 Apr 1937, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Lillian Esther Adkins was born 28 Aug 1904, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Oct 2002, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Oct 2002, Lakeview Memorial Gardens - Longview, Texas, USA.
2. George Houston Adkins was born 26 Dec 1906, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 13 Nov 1991, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried 15 Nov 1991, Rusk County Memorial Gardens - Henderson, Texas, USA.
3. Isha Mary Adkins was born 28 Oct 1908, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Jun 1999, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Jun 1999, Lakeview Memorial Gardens - Longview, Texas, USA.
4. Frances Ruth Adkins was born 5 Nov 1911, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 3 Aug 1995, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 5 Aug 1995, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
5. John Franklin Adkins, Jr. was born 17 Dec 1913, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 8 Nov 1965, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA; was buried 10 Nov 1965, Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA.
6. Pennie Wills Adkins was born 9 Oct 1918, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 15 Sep 1971, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA; was buried 17 Sep 1971, Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA.