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Submitted: 10/1/21 • Approved: 10/2/21 • Last Updated: 10/5/21 • R460279-G0-S3
US Coast Guard
World War II
February 1, 1922-January 4, 1985
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Carroll Porter Adams, 62, died Friday, January 4, 1985 in Amarillo.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the First United Methodist Church, Rev. Ernie McGaughey, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Adams was born in Wheeler and was a lifelong resident. He attended Wheeler Public Schools and West Texas State University. He was veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. He was self employed in real estate and carpentry. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and American Legion. He was married to Roberta Wales in 1942 in Wheeler.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Jimmy of Wheeler; a daughter, Bobbye Hill of Wheeler; a brother, Clyde of Plainview; two sisters, Bonnie Harmon of Alice and Winona Kongs of Fallbrook, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Marshall Andis, Wayne Edwards, Ab Gunter, Harrison Hall, Bill Hampton, Jim Montgomery, Thurman Rives, N.D. Ware, Jr.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 51 Number 6, Thursday, January 10, 1985, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Carroll Adams
Death Date: 4 Jan 1985
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Carroll Adams
Last Residence:
79096 Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
BORN: 1 Feb 1922
Died: Jan 1985
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