Son of D'Arcy & Bessie M Eanes Adams
Husband of Edith May Claver
Suddenly at the Herald Hotel, Syracuse, NY, Friday, March 27, 1959, Edward D. Adams, Sr., 57, a printer at the Herald Journal 37 years and one of the youngest men to be decorated in World War I. A native of Petersburg, Va., he came to the former Syracuse Herald in 1921. Enlisting in the Army on Sept. 13, 1916, as a youth of 15, he was assigned to Company E. Ninth Infantry, Second Division, and went through the heavy fighting at the Western Front. He was a message bearer and distinguished himself at Medeah Ferme, France, on Oct. 5, 1918, when he carried messages through heavy barrages at a critical moment. On May 31, 1919, at Chaumont, France, Mr. Adams was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. John Perishing. Mr. Adams also served in World War II. He was a member of Syracuse Typographical Union 55. He maintained a residence at Pampano Beach, Florida and a summer home on Lake Ontario near Oswego.
He is survived by a son, Edward D. Adams, Jr., of Pompano Beach; a daughter, Mrs. Norbert Jutton of Baldwinsville; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hatchett of Virginia; a brother, George Adams of California and 13 grandchildren.
Gazette & Farmers' Journal, Thursday, April 2, 1959
Husband of Edith May Claver
Suddenly at the Herald Hotel, Syracuse, NY, Friday, March 27, 1959, Edward D. Adams, Sr., 57, a printer at the Herald Journal 37 years and one of the youngest men to be decorated in World War I. A native of Petersburg, Va., he came to the former Syracuse Herald in 1921. Enlisting in the Army on Sept. 13, 1916, as a youth of 15, he was assigned to Company E. Ninth Infantry, Second Division, and went through the heavy fighting at the Western Front. He was a message bearer and distinguished himself at Medeah Ferme, France, on Oct. 5, 1918, when he carried messages through heavy barrages at a critical moment. On May 31, 1919, at Chaumont, France, Mr. Adams was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. John Perishing. Mr. Adams also served in World War II. He was a member of Syracuse Typographical Union 55. He maintained a residence at Pampano Beach, Florida and a summer home on Lake Ontario near Oswego.
He is survived by a son, Edward D. Adams, Jr., of Pompano Beach; a daughter, Mrs. Norbert Jutton of Baldwinsville; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hatchett of Virginia; a brother, George Adams of California and 13 grandchildren.
Gazette & Farmers' Journal, Thursday, April 2, 1959
Son of D'Arcy & Bessie M Eanes Adams
Husband of Edith May Claver
Suddenly at the Herald Hotel, Syracuse, NY, Friday, March 27, 1959, Edward D. Adams, Sr., 57, a printer at the Herald Journal 37 years and one of the youngest men to be decorated in World War I. A native of Petersburg, Va., he came to the former Syracuse Herald in 1921. Enlisting in the Army on Sept. 13, 1916, as a youth of 15, he was assigned to Company E. Ninth Infantry, Second Division, and went through the heavy fighting at the Western Front. He was a message bearer and distinguished himself at Medeah Ferme, France, on Oct. 5, 1918, when he carried messages through heavy barrages at a critical moment. On May 31, 1919, at Chaumont, France, Mr. Adams was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. John Perishing. Mr. Adams also served in World War II. He was a member of Syracuse Typographical Union 55. He maintained a residence at Pampano Beach, Florida and a summer home on Lake Ontario near Oswego.
He is survived by a son, Edward D. Adams, Jr., of Pompano Beach; a daughter, Mrs. Norbert Jutton of Baldwinsville; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hatchett of Virginia; a brother, George Adams of California and 13 grandchildren.
Gazette & Farmers' Journal, Thursday, April 2, 1959
Husband of Edith May Claver
Suddenly at the Herald Hotel, Syracuse, NY, Friday, March 27, 1959, Edward D. Adams, Sr., 57, a printer at the Herald Journal 37 years and one of the youngest men to be decorated in World War I. A native of Petersburg, Va., he came to the former Syracuse Herald in 1921. Enlisting in the Army on Sept. 13, 1916, as a youth of 15, he was assigned to Company E. Ninth Infantry, Second Division, and went through the heavy fighting at the Western Front. He was a message bearer and distinguished himself at Medeah Ferme, France, on Oct. 5, 1918, when he carried messages through heavy barrages at a critical moment. On May 31, 1919, at Chaumont, France, Mr. Adams was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. John Perishing. Mr. Adams also served in World War II. He was a member of Syracuse Typographical Union 55. He maintained a residence at Pampano Beach, Florida and a summer home on Lake Ontario near Oswego.
He is survived by a son, Edward D. Adams, Jr., of Pompano Beach; a daughter, Mrs. Norbert Jutton of Baldwinsville; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hatchett of Virginia; a brother, George Adams of California and 13 grandchildren.
Gazette & Farmers' Journal, Thursday, April 2, 1959
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