Services Held Saturday for Former Mayor A. T. Adams
Aubrey Thomas Adams, 55, of 156 Talbot Drive, died Thursday morning, September 18, in Riverside Hospital, Newport News.
A native of Charlotte County, he was the son of the late Thomas R. and Mrs. Eva Bailey Adams. He was a graduate of Charlotte High School at Charlotte Courthouse, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a B.S. degree and competed the work for his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Education at VPI.
Following college graduation, he taught Vocational Agriculture for 15 years in Augusta County before coming to Smithfield in 1950. He was a member of the Smithfield High School faculty until October 1964, when he was named Assistant Supervisor of Agricultural Education in Eastern Virginia, the position he held at his death.
Mr. Adams was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Smithfield, past president of Wesley Bible Class; a member of the Smithfield Ruritan Club, serving as president, vice president and treasurer of the club; past president and member of the Isle of Wight Education Association; a member of the Board of Directors of the State Camp Association at Morgarts Beach and had served as secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Agriculture Teacher's Association.
He was first elected to Smithfield's Town Council for a four year term in 1963 and re-elected in 1967. He was named Mayor in 1965 and again in 1967 for two year terms, the last of which ended August 1969.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pattie Jeffreys Adams, formerly of Chase City; a daughter, Miss Betty Susanne Adams of Miami, Fla.; one son, Thomas Jeffreys Adams of Beckley College, Beckley, W. Va.; three brothers, Carrol F. Adams of Roanoke; Courtney B. Adams of Media, Pa., and Edwin G. Adams of Hampton.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Glenn G. Williams, pastor. Interment was in St. Lukes' Memorial Cemetery, with Colonial Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were J. D. Christian, J. Wm. Garrett, F. Perry Chapman, Armistead Jones, Walter H. Grizzard, Lewis F. Melton, M. Ross Minton III, and Edmund M. Clarke.
Obituary published in the Smithfield Times on September 24, 1969
Contributor: Cjohnston 49877364
Aubrey Thomas Adams, 55, of 156 Talbot Drive, died Thursday morning, September 18, in Riverside Hospital, Newport News.
A native of Charlotte County, he was the son of the late Thomas R. and Mrs. Eva Bailey Adams. He was a graduate of Charlotte High School at Charlotte Courthouse, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a B.S. degree and competed the work for his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Education at VPI.
Following college graduation, he taught Vocational Agriculture for 15 years in Augusta County before coming to Smithfield in 1950. He was a member of the Smithfield High School faculty until October 1964, when he was named Assistant Supervisor of Agricultural Education in Eastern Virginia, the position he held at his death.
Mr. Adams was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Smithfield, past president of Wesley Bible Class; a member of the Smithfield Ruritan Club, serving as president, vice president and treasurer of the club; past president and member of the Isle of Wight Education Association; a member of the Board of Directors of the State Camp Association at Morgarts Beach and had served as secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Agriculture Teacher's Association.
He was first elected to Smithfield's Town Council for a four year term in 1963 and re-elected in 1967. He was named Mayor in 1965 and again in 1967 for two year terms, the last of which ended August 1969.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pattie Jeffreys Adams, formerly of Chase City; a daughter, Miss Betty Susanne Adams of Miami, Fla.; one son, Thomas Jeffreys Adams of Beckley College, Beckley, W. Va.; three brothers, Carrol F. Adams of Roanoke; Courtney B. Adams of Media, Pa., and Edwin G. Adams of Hampton.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Glenn G. Williams, pastor. Interment was in St. Lukes' Memorial Cemetery, with Colonial Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were J. D. Christian, J. Wm. Garrett, F. Perry Chapman, Armistead Jones, Walter H. Grizzard, Lewis F. Melton, M. Ross Minton III, and Edmund M. Clarke.
Obituary published in the Smithfield Times on September 24, 1969
Contributor: Cjohnston 49877364
Services Held Saturday for Former Mayor A. T. Adams
Aubrey Thomas Adams, 55, of 156 Talbot Drive, died Thursday morning, September 18, in Riverside Hospital, Newport News.
A native of Charlotte County, he was the son of the late Thomas R. and Mrs. Eva Bailey Adams. He was a graduate of Charlotte High School at Charlotte Courthouse, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a B.S. degree and competed the work for his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Education at VPI.
Following college graduation, he taught Vocational Agriculture for 15 years in Augusta County before coming to Smithfield in 1950. He was a member of the Smithfield High School faculty until October 1964, when he was named Assistant Supervisor of Agricultural Education in Eastern Virginia, the position he held at his death.
Mr. Adams was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Smithfield, past president of Wesley Bible Class; a member of the Smithfield Ruritan Club, serving as president, vice president and treasurer of the club; past president and member of the Isle of Wight Education Association; a member of the Board of Directors of the State Camp Association at Morgarts Beach and had served as secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Agriculture Teacher's Association.
He was first elected to Smithfield's Town Council for a four year term in 1963 and re-elected in 1967. He was named Mayor in 1965 and again in 1967 for two year terms, the last of which ended August 1969.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pattie Jeffreys Adams, formerly of Chase City; a daughter, Miss Betty Susanne Adams of Miami, Fla.; one son, Thomas Jeffreys Adams of Beckley College, Beckley, W. Va.; three brothers, Carrol F. Adams of Roanoke; Courtney B. Adams of Media, Pa., and Edwin G. Adams of Hampton.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Glenn G. Williams, pastor. Interment was in St. Lukes' Memorial Cemetery, with Colonial Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were J. D. Christian, J. Wm. Garrett, F. Perry Chapman, Armistead Jones, Walter H. Grizzard, Lewis F. Melton, M. Ross Minton III, and Edmund M. Clarke.
Obituary published in the Smithfield Times on September 24, 1969
Contributor: Cjohnston 49877364
Aubrey Thomas Adams, 55, of 156 Talbot Drive, died Thursday morning, September 18, in Riverside Hospital, Newport News.
A native of Charlotte County, he was the son of the late Thomas R. and Mrs. Eva Bailey Adams. He was a graduate of Charlotte High School at Charlotte Courthouse, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a B.S. degree and competed the work for his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Education at VPI.
Following college graduation, he taught Vocational Agriculture for 15 years in Augusta County before coming to Smithfield in 1950. He was a member of the Smithfield High School faculty until October 1964, when he was named Assistant Supervisor of Agricultural Education in Eastern Virginia, the position he held at his death.
Mr. Adams was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Smithfield, past president of Wesley Bible Class; a member of the Smithfield Ruritan Club, serving as president, vice president and treasurer of the club; past president and member of the Isle of Wight Education Association; a member of the Board of Directors of the State Camp Association at Morgarts Beach and had served as secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Agriculture Teacher's Association.
He was first elected to Smithfield's Town Council for a four year term in 1963 and re-elected in 1967. He was named Mayor in 1965 and again in 1967 for two year terms, the last of which ended August 1969.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pattie Jeffreys Adams, formerly of Chase City; a daughter, Miss Betty Susanne Adams of Miami, Fla.; one son, Thomas Jeffreys Adams of Beckley College, Beckley, W. Va.; three brothers, Carrol F. Adams of Roanoke; Courtney B. Adams of Media, Pa., and Edwin G. Adams of Hampton.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Glenn G. Williams, pastor. Interment was in St. Lukes' Memorial Cemetery, with Colonial Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were J. D. Christian, J. Wm. Garrett, F. Perry Chapman, Armistead Jones, Walter H. Grizzard, Lewis F. Melton, M. Ross Minton III, and Edmund M. Clarke.
Obituary published in the Smithfield Times on September 24, 1969
Contributor: Cjohnston 49877364
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