She married Walter Lee Bird, son of Wiley Virgil & Willie Ann Josephine "Josie" Hunter Bird, on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
To this union was born ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan.
Lorene passed away on November 30, 1975, in Huntsville, Alabama (hospital). She suffered from diabetes and died from a heart attack as a result of her illness.
She was a faithful member of the Big Cove Free Holiness Church.
Her obituary appeared in the Huntsville Times on December 1, 1975:
Mrs. Lorene A. Bird
Mrs. Lorene Adams Bird, 61, of Rt. 1, Owens Cross Roads, died Saturday in a local hospital. The funeral was to be today at 2 p.m. in the Big Cove Holiness Church.
Burial was to be in Neal's Chapel Cemetery, Spry Funeral Home in charge. The Rev. Mitchell Drake, the Rev. Elige Holland and the Rev. David Jones were to officiate.
Pallbearers were Gene Adams, Toby Adams, Jimmy Rogers, Thomas Pruitt, Billy Ray Stone, Danny Byrd, Ralph Young and Nelson Stone.
Survivors include her husband, Walter Bird; four sons, J.W. Bird, Sammy Bird, Ronald Bird and Kevin Bird, all of Owens Cross Roads; five daughters, Mrs. James C. Cowan, and Mrs. Roger Martin, both of Brownsboro, Mrs. William Knight of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Lawrence Simmons of Hazel Green and Mrs. Jerry W. Schultz of Huntsville; a brother, John Adams Jr., of Opelika; a sister, Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Owens Cross Roads, and 13 grandchildren.
Huntsville Times, Monday, December 1, 1975
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
She married Walter Lee Bird, son of Wiley Virgil & Willie Ann Josephine "Josie" Hunter Bird, on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
To this union was born ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan.
Lorene passed away on November 30, 1975, in Huntsville, Alabama (hospital). She suffered from diabetes and died from a heart attack as a result of her illness.
She was a faithful member of the Big Cove Free Holiness Church.
Her obituary appeared in the Huntsville Times on December 1, 1975:
Mrs. Lorene A. Bird
Mrs. Lorene Adams Bird, 61, of Rt. 1, Owens Cross Roads, died Saturday in a local hospital. The funeral was to be today at 2 p.m. in the Big Cove Holiness Church.
Burial was to be in Neal's Chapel Cemetery, Spry Funeral Home in charge. The Rev. Mitchell Drake, the Rev. Elige Holland and the Rev. David Jones were to officiate.
Pallbearers were Gene Adams, Toby Adams, Jimmy Rogers, Thomas Pruitt, Billy Ray Stone, Danny Byrd, Ralph Young and Nelson Stone.
Survivors include her husband, Walter Bird; four sons, J.W. Bird, Sammy Bird, Ronald Bird and Kevin Bird, all of Owens Cross Roads; five daughters, Mrs. James C. Cowan, and Mrs. Roger Martin, both of Brownsboro, Mrs. William Knight of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Lawrence Simmons of Hazel Green and Mrs. Jerry W. Schultz of Huntsville; a brother, John Adams Jr., of Opelika; a sister, Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Owens Cross Roads, and 13 grandchildren.
Huntsville Times, Monday, December 1, 1975
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
Family Members
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Rachel M. Adams Treece
1912–1933
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Albert Lonzo "Buddy" Adams Sr
1913–1971
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Ruby Nancy Adams Boyd
1916–1962
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James Walter Adams
1919–1930
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John Junior Adams
1920–1988
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Sammie Ligie Adams
1922–1943
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Rosie Virginia Adams Jones
1926–1996
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William Jasper "Billy" Adams
1930–1975
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Infant 1 Adams
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Infant 2 Adams
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Infant 3 Adams
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Infant 4 Adams
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