Donalita Faye Grantham

Female 1920 - 2010  (89 years)


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  • Name Donalita Faye Grantham 
    Born 10 Aug 1920  Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Jul 2010  Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Jul 2010  Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2129  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2021 

    Family Pennie Wills Adkins,   b. 9 Oct 1918, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1971, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1942  Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Wills Adkins,   b. 10 Aug 1942, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1955, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Aug 1920 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Mar 1942 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Jul 2010 - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Jul 2010 - Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Obituary picture
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    1941 Baylor University Yearbook Photo
    Waco, Texas, USA

    President's Secretary
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    1939 Baylor University Yearbook Photo
    Waco, Texas, USA
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    1938 Baylor University Yearbook Photo
    Waco, Texas, USA
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    Donalita Faye Grantham
    1936 Mineral Wells High School Yearbook Photo
    Mineral Wells, Texas, USA

    Documents
    Birth Certificate for Donalita Faye Grantham
    Birth Certificate for Donalita Faye Grantham
    Name: Donaleta Fay Grantham
    Birth Date: 10 Aug 1920
    Gender: Female
    Birth Place: Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA
    Father: Ott Grantham
    Father Birth Place: Mineral Wells, Texas
    Mother: Cellia Johnson
    Mother Birth Place: Mineral Wells, Texas
    Mother Residence: Mineral Wells, Texas
    Obituary of Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Obituary of Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on July 8, 2010

    Headstones
    Headstone of Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Headstone of Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins
    Woodland Park Cemetery - Mineral Wells, Texas, USA

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      MINERAL WELLS - Donalita Faye Grantham Adkins, 89, died July 6, 2010, in a Fort Worth hospital.

      Service is 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells with Dr. Bruce Edwards and Rev. Nathan Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Park Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

      She was born Aug. 10, 1920, in Mineral Wells, the daughter of O.H. and Celia Theresa Johnson Grantham, and she married Pennie Adkins on March 5, 1942, in Mineral Wells.

      Mrs. Adkins was a 79-year member of First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years and was active in other areas of the church. A 1941 graduate of Mineral Wells High School, she received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University in 1941 and her Baylor University Golden Diploma in 1991. She was past president and a 56-year member of the Mineral Wells Zonta Club, a former member of the Bible Study Club and a life member of the Mineral Wells Woman's Club. She was co-owner of Grantham Adkins Insurance Company/Palo Pinto County Abstract Company and worked for the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce for 20 years.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Pennie Wills Adkins; and her son, John Wills Adkins.

      (Published by Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home of Mineral Wells, TX)