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Franklin Pete Adams

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Franklin Pete Adams

Birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
13 May 2006 (aged 88)
Blossom, Lamar County, Texas, USA
Burial
Bradley, Lafayette County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Franklin Pete Adams, 88, of Blossom, formerly of Bradley, AR, died Saturday, May 13, 2006, at Paris Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, at Bradley United Methodist Church in Bradley with the Rev. Spencer Plumley officiating. Burial follows in Walnut Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home.

He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Shreveport, LA, the son of Franklin Pierce and Bessie Stewart Adams. He was married to Frances Mathis, and then later married Lucille Madden. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army, in which he was a parachutist, and later went to work for civil service. He was also treasurer for Collin County. He was a faithful and loyal member of Bradley United Methodist Church.

Survivors include four children, Sarah Beasley and husband Rob, of Blossom, Elizabeth Driver of Weatherford, Jerry Madden and wife, Barbara, of Richardson and Pat Housel and husband Allen, of Richardson; nine grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; aunt, W. Eva Adams of Bradley, AR; and numerous cousins.
Franklin Pete Adams, 88, of Blossom, formerly of Bradley, AR, died Saturday, May 13, 2006, at Paris Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, at Bradley United Methodist Church in Bradley with the Rev. Spencer Plumley officiating. Burial follows in Walnut Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home.

He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Shreveport, LA, the son of Franklin Pierce and Bessie Stewart Adams. He was married to Frances Mathis, and then later married Lucille Madden. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army, in which he was a parachutist, and later went to work for civil service. He was also treasurer for Collin County. He was a faithful and loyal member of Bradley United Methodist Church.

Survivors include four children, Sarah Beasley and husband Rob, of Blossom, Elizabeth Driver of Weatherford, Jerry Madden and wife, Barbara, of Richardson and Pat Housel and husband Allen, of Richardson; nine grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; aunt, W. Eva Adams of Bradley, AR; and numerous cousins.


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