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Robert Thomas Adams
Male 1921 - 2002

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  • Birth  27 Oct 1921  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  31 Dec 2002  Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary  3 Jan 2003  Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jefferson City News-Tribune 
    • Robert Thomas Adams, 81, Shelbyville, Ill., formerly of Fulton, died Dec. 31, 2002, at his home.
      He was born Oct. 27, 1921, in Fulton, a son of Oscar L. and Myrle Craighead Adams. He was married June 16, 1947, in Fulton, to Wanda Dean Morts, who survives in Shelbyville.
      He owned and operated Adams Construction Company in Fulton for 25 years. He worked for LaCrosse Lumber in Fulton for 20 years as an estimator. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Fulton. He was a member of the VFW in Fulton and Shelbyville. He was an Army veteran of World War II, receiving the Purple Heart.
      Other survivors include: one daughter, Devona Jo Eversole, Tower Hill, Ill.; three brothers, Richard Adams, Fulton, Kenneth Adams, Hartsburg and Odie Adams, Independence; and two grandsons.
      Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Debo Funeral Home, Fulton. The Rev. Stephen Sowder will officiate. Burial will be in Callaway Memorial Gardens.
    Buried  Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I5872  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  10 Mar 2009 
     
    Father  Oscar Adams,   b. 1888, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1968 
    Mother  Myrle Craghead Or Craighead,   b. Dec 1896, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987 
    Married  17 Jan 1915  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F758  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Wanda Dean Morts,   b. 26 Jan 1928, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 2003, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Jun 1947  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified  11 Jul 2007 
    Family ID  F14347212  Group Sheet
     
  • Headstones
    Robert T. Adams    		 Robert T. Adams
    Robert Thomas Adams, PVT US Army WWII, Oct. 27, 1921 - Dec. 31, 2002. Purple Heart. Beloved husband, father & grandfather. Robert Thomas Adams was a son of Oscar Adams and Myrle Craghead. He was a grandson of Thomas Adams and Minnie Backer, and, Patrick N. Craghead and Julia Amanda Mattox. He was my 5th cousin once removed. On Jun. 16, 1947 in…
     
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    • Headstone reads:
      Robert Thomas Adams, PVT US Army WWII, Oct. 27, 1921 - Dec. 31, 2002. Purple Heart. Beloved husband, father & grandfather.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Oct 1921 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Jun 1947 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Dec 2002 - Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Jefferson City News-Tribune - 3 Jan 2003 - Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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