Bonnie Ovella Adams was born on 7 Aug 1915 in Star, Mills County, Texas to "Lant" Thomas Landmon Adams and "Tennie" Tennessee (Slaughter) Adams. The birth certificate for her shows a birth date of "7/7/1915" instead of the correct birth date of 8/7/1915 (Aug 7, 1915). She spent her life celebrating her birthday on August 7th.
- She was the 3rd of 4 children born to Lant and Tennie. Her siblings were: Vince Dee Adams (who went simply by "VD" and "D"), Gladys Izora Adams (who went by Izora or "Doe"), and Thomas Landmon Adams Jr. (who went by "T.L.").
- Bonnie Ovella Adams married on 18 March 1933 to Frank Stubbs. Frank was the son of Cyril Stubbs and Mary "Pete" (Johnson) Stubbs. Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs went by both of her names "Bonnie" and "Ovella", at different times in her life. She was born and raised in Star, with her siblings, then attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, where she met Frank. They lived in Brownwood until Frank graduated, and lived a short while in Wheeler, Texas before moving to Pampa, Texas in 1936.
- Ovella and Frank had one child while they lived in Pampa, Texas: Paul Edward Stubbs, born 1939. Frank was working as a laborer in the oil fields. After a few years in Pampa, the couple moved to Abilene where they raised Paul and also adopted a sweet child, Julie when Julie was 6 years old, living in foster care in Odessa, Texas. After their son Paul finished high school in Abliene, Ovella, Frank, and adopted daughter Julie moved to Sweetwater, Texas.
- Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs died on 19 Sept 2001 in the Hendrick Medical Center of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Her usual residence was in Sweetwater, Texas, where she had lived almost 43 years before her death. She is buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas with her husband. She died at the age of 86 years.
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Obituary in the ABILENE (TX) REPORTER for Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs (transcribed by Janie Healer-Davis):
"SWEETWATER - Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs, 86, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 at Hendrick Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Saturday in the Garden of Memories with the Rev. James Wallace officiating. A memorial service will be held at 12 noon at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel in Sweetwater under the direction of Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stubbs was born Aug. 7, 1915 in Star, Texas to Lant and Tennie Adams. She married C. Frank Stubbs in 1933. She resided primarily in Abilene (1945-1968) and then Sweetwater (1972- 2001). She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sweetwater.
She is survived by one daughter, Julie Gunnett of Safford, Ariz.; one son, Paul E. Stubbs, DDS, of Austin; six grandchildren; and, six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubbs was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Stubbs, on Oct. 16, 1989; two brothers; and, one sister.
Memorials may be made to a charitable organization of the donor's choice."
- She was the 3rd of 4 children born to Lant and Tennie. Her siblings were: Vince Dee Adams (who went simply by "VD" and "D"), Gladys Izora Adams (who went by Izora or "Doe"), and Thomas Landmon Adams Jr. (who went by "T.L.").
- Bonnie Ovella Adams married on 18 March 1933 to Frank Stubbs. Frank was the son of Cyril Stubbs and Mary "Pete" (Johnson) Stubbs. Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs went by both of her names "Bonnie" and "Ovella", at different times in her life. She was born and raised in Star, with her siblings, then attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, where she met Frank. They lived in Brownwood until Frank graduated, and lived a short while in Wheeler, Texas before moving to Pampa, Texas in 1936.
- Ovella and Frank had one child while they lived in Pampa, Texas: Paul Edward Stubbs, born 1939. Frank was working as a laborer in the oil fields. After a few years in Pampa, the couple moved to Abilene where they raised Paul and also adopted a sweet child, Julie when Julie was 6 years old, living in foster care in Odessa, Texas. After their son Paul finished high school in Abliene, Ovella, Frank, and adopted daughter Julie moved to Sweetwater, Texas.
- Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs died on 19 Sept 2001 in the Hendrick Medical Center of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Her usual residence was in Sweetwater, Texas, where she had lived almost 43 years before her death. She is buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas with her husband. She died at the age of 86 years.
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Obituary in the ABILENE (TX) REPORTER for Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs (transcribed by Janie Healer-Davis):
"SWEETWATER - Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs, 86, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 at Hendrick Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Saturday in the Garden of Memories with the Rev. James Wallace officiating. A memorial service will be held at 12 noon at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel in Sweetwater under the direction of Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stubbs was born Aug. 7, 1915 in Star, Texas to Lant and Tennie Adams. She married C. Frank Stubbs in 1933. She resided primarily in Abilene (1945-1968) and then Sweetwater (1972- 2001). She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sweetwater.
She is survived by one daughter, Julie Gunnett of Safford, Ariz.; one son, Paul E. Stubbs, DDS, of Austin; six grandchildren; and, six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubbs was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Stubbs, on Oct. 16, 1989; two brothers; and, one sister.
Memorials may be made to a charitable organization of the donor's choice."
Bonnie Ovella Adams was born on 7 Aug 1915 in Star, Mills County, Texas to "Lant" Thomas Landmon Adams and "Tennie" Tennessee (Slaughter) Adams. The birth certificate for her shows a birth date of "7/7/1915" instead of the correct birth date of 8/7/1915 (Aug 7, 1915). She spent her life celebrating her birthday on August 7th.
- She was the 3rd of 4 children born to Lant and Tennie. Her siblings were: Vince Dee Adams (who went simply by "VD" and "D"), Gladys Izora Adams (who went by Izora or "Doe"), and Thomas Landmon Adams Jr. (who went by "T.L.").
- Bonnie Ovella Adams married on 18 March 1933 to Frank Stubbs. Frank was the son of Cyril Stubbs and Mary "Pete" (Johnson) Stubbs. Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs went by both of her names "Bonnie" and "Ovella", at different times in her life. She was born and raised in Star, with her siblings, then attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, where she met Frank. They lived in Brownwood until Frank graduated, and lived a short while in Wheeler, Texas before moving to Pampa, Texas in 1936.
- Ovella and Frank had one child while they lived in Pampa, Texas: Paul Edward Stubbs, born 1939. Frank was working as a laborer in the oil fields. After a few years in Pampa, the couple moved to Abilene where they raised Paul and also adopted a sweet child, Julie when Julie was 6 years old, living in foster care in Odessa, Texas. After their son Paul finished high school in Abliene, Ovella, Frank, and adopted daughter Julie moved to Sweetwater, Texas.
- Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs died on 19 Sept 2001 in the Hendrick Medical Center of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Her usual residence was in Sweetwater, Texas, where she had lived almost 43 years before her death. She is buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas with her husband. She died at the age of 86 years.
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Obituary in the ABILENE (TX) REPORTER for Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs (transcribed by Janie Healer-Davis):
"SWEETWATER - Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs, 86, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 at Hendrick Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Saturday in the Garden of Memories with the Rev. James Wallace officiating. A memorial service will be held at 12 noon at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel in Sweetwater under the direction of Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stubbs was born Aug. 7, 1915 in Star, Texas to Lant and Tennie Adams. She married C. Frank Stubbs in 1933. She resided primarily in Abilene (1945-1968) and then Sweetwater (1972- 2001). She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sweetwater.
She is survived by one daughter, Julie Gunnett of Safford, Ariz.; one son, Paul E. Stubbs, DDS, of Austin; six grandchildren; and, six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubbs was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Stubbs, on Oct. 16, 1989; two brothers; and, one sister.
Memorials may be made to a charitable organization of the donor's choice."
- She was the 3rd of 4 children born to Lant and Tennie. Her siblings were: Vince Dee Adams (who went simply by "VD" and "D"), Gladys Izora Adams (who went by Izora or "Doe"), and Thomas Landmon Adams Jr. (who went by "T.L.").
- Bonnie Ovella Adams married on 18 March 1933 to Frank Stubbs. Frank was the son of Cyril Stubbs and Mary "Pete" (Johnson) Stubbs. Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs went by both of her names "Bonnie" and "Ovella", at different times in her life. She was born and raised in Star, with her siblings, then attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, where she met Frank. They lived in Brownwood until Frank graduated, and lived a short while in Wheeler, Texas before moving to Pampa, Texas in 1936.
- Ovella and Frank had one child while they lived in Pampa, Texas: Paul Edward Stubbs, born 1939. Frank was working as a laborer in the oil fields. After a few years in Pampa, the couple moved to Abilene where they raised Paul and also adopted a sweet child, Julie when Julie was 6 years old, living in foster care in Odessa, Texas. After their son Paul finished high school in Abliene, Ovella, Frank, and adopted daughter Julie moved to Sweetwater, Texas.
- Bonnie Ovella (Adams) Stubbs died on 19 Sept 2001 in the Hendrick Medical Center of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Her usual residence was in Sweetwater, Texas, where she had lived almost 43 years before her death. She is buried at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas with her husband. She died at the age of 86 years.
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Obituary in the ABILENE (TX) REPORTER for Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs (transcribed by Janie Healer-Davis):
"SWEETWATER - Bonnie Ovella Adams Stubbs, 86, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 at Hendrick Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Saturday in the Garden of Memories with the Rev. James Wallace officiating. A memorial service will be held at 12 noon at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel in Sweetwater under the direction of Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stubbs was born Aug. 7, 1915 in Star, Texas to Lant and Tennie Adams. She married C. Frank Stubbs in 1933. She resided primarily in Abilene (1945-1968) and then Sweetwater (1972- 2001). She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sweetwater.
She is survived by one daughter, Julie Gunnett of Safford, Ariz.; one son, Paul E. Stubbs, DDS, of Austin; six grandchildren; and, six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubbs was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Stubbs, on Oct. 16, 1989; two brothers; and, one sister.
Memorials may be made to a charitable organization of the donor's choice."
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