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Leona <I>Akridge</I> Adams

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Leona Akridge Adams

Birth
Hart County, Kentucky, USA
Death
17 Jan 1971 (aged 78)
Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Age 78.

Daughter of Milton Thomas "M.T." Akridge and Georgia Ann Wright. Second wife of Noah Adams.

Every source seems to spell her given name differently: LENA, LENORA, LEONA, LEONAR, and LEONIA.

When she and Noah married May 29, 1910, he already had two children with his first wife, Susie Mae Bragg, who died in 1908. The older children were Lenard Franklin and Effie Ethel. Leona and Noah had six more children together: Melford Lonnie, Calvin Alvin, Floyd Andrew, Ora Melton, Hazel Leler, and Ruby Mary Pauline.

They made their home in Pottawatomie, McClain and Garvin counties in Oklahoma, having many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Age 78.

Daughter of Milton Thomas "M.T." Akridge and Georgia Ann Wright. Second wife of Noah Adams.

Every source seems to spell her given name differently: LENA, LENORA, LEONA, LEONAR, and LEONIA.

When she and Noah married May 29, 1910, he already had two children with his first wife, Susie Mae Bragg, who died in 1908. The older children were Lenard Franklin and Effie Ethel. Leona and Noah had six more children together: Melford Lonnie, Calvin Alvin, Floyd Andrew, Ora Melton, Hazel Leler, and Ruby Mary Pauline.

They made their home in Pottawatomie, McClain and Garvin counties in Oklahoma, having many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Gravesite Details

Her name is misspelled on her headstone.



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  • Maintained by: Judy
  • Originally Created by: Melanie
  • Added: Jan 22, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13090278/leona-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Leona Akridge Adams (25 May 1892–17 Jan 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13090278, citing Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Judy (contributor 46858502).