Services will be conducted at Centuries Funeral Home Chapel for Joseph C. Adams, Jr., 80, of Shreveport, on Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. Officiating will be his brother-in-law, Bob Miller. Interment to follow in Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Joseph Clarence Adams, Jr. passed from this life on October 21, 2002. Mr. Adams was born on June 16, 1922, in Burkburnett, Texas where he resided and graduated from high school. He received an Associate Degree from New Mexico Military Institute, a Bachelor's Degree from Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas and attended West Point Academy. He was assigned to the Cannon Company, 390th Infantry Regiment, 98th Infantry Division and obtained the rank of Sergeant with the 1857th Service Command Unit. During World War II, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign where he earned his infantry badge and the Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Mr. Adams was a member of the New Mexico Military Institute McBride Museum Board of directors and Alumni Association, 390th Cannoneers, American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, American College of Heraldry and Camp 1596 Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Pallbearers will be Lynn Allen, Chris Allen, Michael Wilburn, Ralph (Chip) Norman, Adam Allen, J. C. Allen and Graham Rachal.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Betty Jean Graham Jones Adams; three daughters, Mary West Adams Traylor, Robbie Lucille Adams Bodden and Melissa Adams Vaughn; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He was also loved by his wife's daughters, Tanya Jones Allen, Glenda Jones Allen, Devora Jones Wilburn, Deanna Jones Norman and her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Adams' wife and family wish to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to Grace Home, Christus Schumpert Community Hospice and its staff for the loving care they provided Mr. Adams during his stay.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Grace Home. Centuries Funeral Home 686-4334
SOURCE: The Shreveport Times, October 23, 2002
Joseph Clarence Adams, Jr. passed from this life on October 21, 2002. Mr. Adams was born on June 16, 1922, in Burkburnett, Texas where he resided and graduated from high school. He received an Associate Degree from New Mexico Military Institute, a Bachelor's Degree from Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas and attended West Point Academy. He was assigned to the Cannon Company, 390th Infantry Regiment, 98th Infantry Division and obtained the rank of Sergeant with the 1857th Service Command Unit. During World War II, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign where he earned his infantry badge and the Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Mr. Adams was a member of the New Mexico Military Institute McBride Museum Board of directors and Alumni Association, 390th Cannoneers, American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, American College of Heraldry and Camp 1596 Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Pallbearers will be Lynn Allen, Chris Allen, Michael Wilburn, Ralph (Chip) Norman, Adam Allen, J. C. Allen and Graham Rachal.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Betty Jean Graham Jones Adams; three daughters, Mary West Adams Traylor, Robbie Lucille Adams Bodden and Melissa Adams Vaughn; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He was also loved by his wife's daughters, Tanya Jones Allen, Glenda Jones Allen, Devora Jones Wilburn, Deanna Jones Norman and her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Adams' wife and family wish to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to Grace Home, Christus Schumpert Community Hospice and its staff for the loving care they provided Mr. Adams during his stay.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Grace Home. Centuries Funeral Home 686-4334
SOURCE: The Shreveport Times, October 23, 2002
Services will be conducted at Centuries Funeral Home Chapel for Joseph C. Adams, Jr., 80, of Shreveport, on Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. Officiating will be his brother-in-law, Bob Miller. Interment to follow in Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Joseph Clarence Adams, Jr. passed from this life on October 21, 2002. Mr. Adams was born on June 16, 1922, in Burkburnett, Texas where he resided and graduated from high school. He received an Associate Degree from New Mexico Military Institute, a Bachelor's Degree from Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas and attended West Point Academy. He was assigned to the Cannon Company, 390th Infantry Regiment, 98th Infantry Division and obtained the rank of Sergeant with the 1857th Service Command Unit. During World War II, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign where he earned his infantry badge and the Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Mr. Adams was a member of the New Mexico Military Institute McBride Museum Board of directors and Alumni Association, 390th Cannoneers, American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, American College of Heraldry and Camp 1596 Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Pallbearers will be Lynn Allen, Chris Allen, Michael Wilburn, Ralph (Chip) Norman, Adam Allen, J. C. Allen and Graham Rachal.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Betty Jean Graham Jones Adams; three daughters, Mary West Adams Traylor, Robbie Lucille Adams Bodden and Melissa Adams Vaughn; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He was also loved by his wife's daughters, Tanya Jones Allen, Glenda Jones Allen, Devora Jones Wilburn, Deanna Jones Norman and her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Adams' wife and family wish to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to Grace Home, Christus Schumpert Community Hospice and its staff for the loving care they provided Mr. Adams during his stay.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Grace Home. Centuries Funeral Home 686-4334
SOURCE: The Shreveport Times, October 23, 2002
Joseph Clarence Adams, Jr. passed from this life on October 21, 2002. Mr. Adams was born on June 16, 1922, in Burkburnett, Texas where he resided and graduated from high school. He received an Associate Degree from New Mexico Military Institute, a Bachelor's Degree from Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas and attended West Point Academy. He was assigned to the Cannon Company, 390th Infantry Regiment, 98th Infantry Division and obtained the rank of Sergeant with the 1857th Service Command Unit. During World War II, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign where he earned his infantry badge and the Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Mr. Adams was a member of the New Mexico Military Institute McBride Museum Board of directors and Alumni Association, 390th Cannoneers, American Society of Military Insignia Collectors, American College of Heraldry and Camp 1596 Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Pallbearers will be Lynn Allen, Chris Allen, Michael Wilburn, Ralph (Chip) Norman, Adam Allen, J. C. Allen and Graham Rachal.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Betty Jean Graham Jones Adams; three daughters, Mary West Adams Traylor, Robbie Lucille Adams Bodden and Melissa Adams Vaughn; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He was also loved by his wife's daughters, Tanya Jones Allen, Glenda Jones Allen, Devora Jones Wilburn, Deanna Jones Norman and her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Adams' wife and family wish to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude to Grace Home, Christus Schumpert Community Hospice and its staff for the loving care they provided Mr. Adams during his stay.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Grace Home. Centuries Funeral Home 686-4334
SOURCE: The Shreveport Times, October 23, 2002
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