The Neshoba Democrat
January 12, 1934
LOCAL ATTORNEY PASSES AT HOME HERE FRI. NIGHT
Last Rites For Adam L. Mars Member Prominent Family, Held Sunday
Adam L. Mars, 34, attorney and member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of Neshoba county, died at his home on Poplar Ave. late Friday night, following a brief illness.
Adam Longino Mars, the son of Dr. W. H. Mars and the late Mrs. Florence Latimer Mars, was born in the Shady Grove community October, 1899. He moved with his family to this city 27 years ago, where he has since resided.
He was graduated from the local high school and attended Millsaps College, Jackson, one year. The next three years he spent at Meridian College, from which institution he received his A. B. degree. He took his law course at the University of Mississippi, graduating in the class of '21 with high honors. Since that time he has practiced his profession in this city, with the exception of a little over a year spent in Tampa, Fla., where he was connected with a law firm.
Adam Mars was a man of keen intellect and considered by members of the legal profession as having one of the most brilliant minds in the Mississippi Bar. He possessed a rare gift, that of a beautifully trained voice. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Mars was married in 1921 to Miss Neva Johnson, of this city, who with one daughter, Florence, 11, survives. He is also survived by his father, Dr. W. H. Mars, a sister Miss Martha Mars and two brothers, Williams and James Mars, besides a host of other relatives to mourn his passing.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 o'clock from the local Methodist church, with Rev. L. L. Roberts officiating, assisted by Rev. T. E. Nicholson.
The church was filled to capacity. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem in which he was held. As a special vocal selection, the quartette, composed of Leon White, Sharp Banks, Grady Hays and Bill Lane, rendered "The Old Rugged Cross."
Interment was made in Cedar Lawn cemetery.
Active pall-bearers were: Horace Turner, A. J. Yates, Jr., Dr. Porter Jordan, Lamar Oliphant, Brantley King, J. P. Cooper, Marshall Prince and Dr. Claude Yates.
Honorary pallbearres, including members of the local bar, were Dees Stribling, Jim Stribling, J. B. Hillman, A. B. McCraw, J. K. Gillis, Sam Cooper, Cook Wilson, W. H. Sanford, Jr., E. S. Richardson, Milton Cooper, and N. R. Gipson, J. E. Jolly, Morgan Parker, Wilson Hull, R. G. Moore, R. H. Molpus, M. H. Turner, J. F. McCauley, W. D. Donald, Cal Stribling, T. A. Webb and J. H. Hester.
The Neshoba Democrat
January 12, 1934
LOCAL ATTORNEY PASSES AT HOME HERE FRI. NIGHT
Last Rites For Adam L. Mars Member Prominent Family, Held Sunday
Adam L. Mars, 34, attorney and member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of Neshoba county, died at his home on Poplar Ave. late Friday night, following a brief illness.
Adam Longino Mars, the son of Dr. W. H. Mars and the late Mrs. Florence Latimer Mars, was born in the Shady Grove community October, 1899. He moved with his family to this city 27 years ago, where he has since resided.
He was graduated from the local high school and attended Millsaps College, Jackson, one year. The next three years he spent at Meridian College, from which institution he received his A. B. degree. He took his law course at the University of Mississippi, graduating in the class of '21 with high honors. Since that time he has practiced his profession in this city, with the exception of a little over a year spent in Tampa, Fla., where he was connected with a law firm.
Adam Mars was a man of keen intellect and considered by members of the legal profession as having one of the most brilliant minds in the Mississippi Bar. He possessed a rare gift, that of a beautifully trained voice. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Mars was married in 1921 to Miss Neva Johnson, of this city, who with one daughter, Florence, 11, survives. He is also survived by his father, Dr. W. H. Mars, a sister Miss Martha Mars and two brothers, Williams and James Mars, besides a host of other relatives to mourn his passing.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 o'clock from the local Methodist church, with Rev. L. L. Roberts officiating, assisted by Rev. T. E. Nicholson.
The church was filled to capacity. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem in which he was held. As a special vocal selection, the quartette, composed of Leon White, Sharp Banks, Grady Hays and Bill Lane, rendered "The Old Rugged Cross."
Interment was made in Cedar Lawn cemetery.
Active pall-bearers were: Horace Turner, A. J. Yates, Jr., Dr. Porter Jordan, Lamar Oliphant, Brantley King, J. P. Cooper, Marshall Prince and Dr. Claude Yates.
Honorary pallbearres, including members of the local bar, were Dees Stribling, Jim Stribling, J. B. Hillman, A. B. McCraw, J. K. Gillis, Sam Cooper, Cook Wilson, W. H. Sanford, Jr., E. S. Richardson, Milton Cooper, and N. R. Gipson, J. E. Jolly, Morgan Parker, Wilson Hull, R. G. Moore, R. H. Molpus, M. H. Turner, J. F. McCauley, W. D. Donald, Cal Stribling, T. A. Webb and J. H. Hester.
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