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Submitted: 10/20/20 • Approved: 10/21/20 • Last Updated: 10/24/20 • R360343-G360341-S3
John Ridgley “Atch” Adkerson
Born 31 May 1905
Granger, Williamson County, Texas
Died 27 February 1993 (aged 87)
Burnet, Burnet County, Texas
*Obituary
Austin American-Statesman
Mr. John Ridgley (Atch) Adkerson, age 87, of Burnet passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 1993.
He was born May 31, 1905, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (sic). He was a member of the Baptist Church and a graduate of Texas A & M. He was a retired banker and former President of Farmers State Bank of Bertram. He married Sue Outlaw on Apr. 4, 1930.
Atch is survived by his wife, Sue Outlaw Adkerson of Burnet; one daughter, Katherine Crabtree and husband Stewart of Azle, Texas, one sister-in-law, Mrs. C.P. (Marjorie) Adkerson of Truckee, California; two nieces and two nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Mar. 2, 1993, at 3 p.m. in the Edgar Funeral Home with Brother Jim Brazzil officiating. Interment will be in the Lakeland Hills Memorial Park near Burnet under the direction of the Edgar Funeral Home.
Pallbearers are Bob Brewer, Earnest Carruth, Herman Barton, Ray Schoolcraft, Beauford Rowney, Marvin Brizendine, Jerry Graves and Charles Barton.
Arrangements by Edgar Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas (512) 756-4444
Lillian Sue Outlaw Adkerson
Born 10 July 1909
Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas
Died 31 October 1994 (aged 85)
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
*Obituary
Austin American-Statesman
Sue Lillian Adkerson, age 85, of Burnet, Texas, died on Oct. 31, 1994.
Mrs. Adkerson was born on July 10, 1909 in Elgin, Texas. She worked with her husband "Atch" at the Farmers State Bank in Bertram, Texas, until he retired in 1971.
Survivors include her daughter, Kathy and husband Stewart Crabtree of Azle, Texas; brother, E.R. (Jack) Outlaw and wife Mary of Yuma, Arizona; two sisters-in-law Marjorie Adkerson of Truckee, California and Katherine Little of Winchesteer, Virginia; two nieces, Sue Adkerson and Margaret Little; two nephews, Chuck and Stephen Little.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 3, 1994, at 2 p.m. at the Edgar Funeral home of Burnet, Texas, and burial will be at the Lakeland Hills Memorial Park.
Edgar Funeral Home.
*Photo courtesy of John Christeson
Contributed on 10/20/20 by MryAl8
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