Pennie Wills Adkins

1918 - 1971  (52 years)

• Name	Pennie Wills Adkins
  Born	9 Oct 1918	Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1971	Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA
  Buried	17 Sep 1971	Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I1713	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2016

  
  

  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	Donalita Faye Grantham,   b. 10 Aug 1920, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 2010, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1942	Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. John Wills Adkins,   b. 10 Aug 1942, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Sep 1955, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA  (Age 13 years) + 2. F.L. Adkins + 3. J.C. Adkins
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Oct 1918 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 5 Mar 1942 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Died - 15 Sep 1971 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Buried - 17 Sep 1971 - Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		George Houston Adkins and Pennie Wills Adkins
  		John Franklin Adkins, Jr. and Pennie Wills Adkins
  		1934 Cotton Valley High School Basketball Team Published on March 8, 1934
  		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 Adkins Bigham, Isha Adkins Cloud, and John Edmon Wills
  		Detta Dill and Pennie Wills Adkins
  		Pennie Wills Adkins Obituary picture

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Obituary of Pennie Wills Adkins
  		Death Certificate for Pennie Wills Adkins Name: Pennie Wills Adkins Birth Date: 9 Oct 1918 Birth Place: Webster, Louisiana Gender: Male Race: White Residence: Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas Father: John Franklin Adkins Mother: Esther Houston Age at Death: 52 Death Date: 15 Sep 1971 Death Place: Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA Cause of Death: Acute posterior myocardial infarction
  		Obituary of Pennie Wills Adkins Published in The Shreveport Times on September 16, 1971
  		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Pennie Wills Adkins Name: Pennie Wills Adkins Race: White Age: 22 Birth Date: 9 Oct 1918 Birth Place: Webster, Louisiana Residence Place: Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Natchitoches, Webster, Louisiana, USA Employer: (Student) Louisiana State Normal College Weight: 175 lbs. Complexion: Light Eye Color: Gray Hair Color: Black Height: 5' 9" Next of Kin: J. F. Adkins

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Pennie Wills Adkins Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Funeral services for Pennie Wills Adkins, 52, a former Cotton Valley resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, Tex. Burial will be in Woodland Park at Mineral Wells. Mr. Adkins, a native of Cotton Valley, moved to Mineral Wells in 1941. He died at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at Palo Pinto General Hospital in Mineral Wells after a sudden illness. He was the owner of Grantham-Adkins Insurance and Abstracting Agency in Mineral Wells. He attended Cotton Valley High School and the former Northwestern State Teachers College at Natchitoches. He was veteran of World War II and a member of the Lions Club, the Rotary Club, the Palo Pinto Sheriff's Posse, the Mineral Wells Citizens Advisory Committee, the Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic Lodge, the Dallas Consistory Mosiah Temple, and the Palo Pinto Shrine. He was chairman of Baylor University Development Committee and president of the United Fund in Mineral Wells. Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. David Cleveland and Mrs. Bruce Edwards, both of Mineral Wells; two brothers, G.R. Adkins of Price, Texas, and J.E. Wills of Cotton Valley; three sisters, Mrs. Isha Cloud and Mrs. Guy Bigham, both of Dallas, and Mrs. Ruth Service, Vivian. Bumgartner Funeral Home of Mineral Wells is directing arrangements. (Published in The Shreveport Times on September 16, 1971)