ADAMS, Wallace Holly, attorney. Born, Minden, La., July 2, 1880; son of William Henry Adams and Aurelia Taylor. Education: local schools, Minden; Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston (now Louisiana Tech University), B. I. degree, 1902; Louisiana State University Law School, LL. B., 1909. Removed to Jennings, La. 1902-1907, ste-nographer for First National Bank; worked with Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate; established an insurance agency. Married Lillian Elizabeth Unroe, April 3, 1924, Jennings, daughter of James Buchanan Unroe and Anna Maria March. 1913-1942, law partner: James Oliver Modisette; the first two judges of Thirty-first Judicial District Court, Minos D. Miller, Jr., and Walter C. Peters. Participated in securing selection of Jennings as parish seat af-ter Jefferson Davis Parish was established, 1912. Counsel for, and organizer of, many private and public corpora-tions. Charter member, Jennings Rotary Club. Member, Jennings Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Thirty-second Degree AASRM, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Elks Lodge, First Baptist Church. Died, Jennings, December 28, 1975; interred Greenwood Cemetery. K.E.O. Sources: Jennings Daily News, July 3, 1970; September 29, 30, 1970; October 1, 5, 1970; obituary, December 29, 1975; 31st Judicial District Court, Jef-ferson Davis Parish, proceedings, October 1, 1970; Adams Family Papers; History, First Baptist Church, Jennings.
ADAMS, Wallace Holly, attorney. Born, Minden, La., July 2, 1880; son of William Henry Adams and Aurelia Taylor. Education: local schools, Minden; Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston (now Louisiana Tech University), B. I. degree, 1902; Louisiana State University Law School, LL. B., 1909. Removed to Jennings, La. 1902-1907, ste-nographer for First National Bank; worked with Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate; established an insurance agency. Married Lillian Elizabeth Unroe, April 3, 1924, Jennings, daughter of James Buchanan Unroe and Anna Maria March. 1913-1942, law partner: James Oliver Modisette; the first two judges of Thirty-first Judicial District Court, Minos D. Miller, Jr., and Walter C. Peters. Participated in securing selection of Jennings as parish seat af-ter Jefferson Davis Parish was established, 1912. Counsel for, and organizer of, many private and public corpora-tions. Charter member, Jennings Rotary Club. Member, Jennings Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Thirty-second Degree AASRM, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Elks Lodge, First Baptist Church. Died, Jennings, December 28, 1975; interred Greenwood Cemetery. K.E.O. Sources: Jennings Daily News, July 3, 1970; September 29, 30, 1970; October 1, 5, 1970; obituary, December 29, 1975; 31st Judicial District Court, Jef-ferson Davis Parish, proceedings, October 1, 1970; Adams Family Papers; History, First Baptist Church, Jennings.
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