Imogene Adams

1911 - 2008  (96 years)

• Name	Imogene Adams  [1, 2]
  Birth	23 Jun 1911	Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Jan 2008	Austin, Travis County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	18 Jan 2008	Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas
  Notes	Imogene "Gran" Adams Reaves Imogene was born June 23, 1911 at Mattie, Texas the 5th child of Nora Gholston Adams and John Quincy Adams. She was raised in West Texas and spent 2 years in Colorado where she started school. Imogene married Lee Roy Reaves in 1926. They had four children. Imogene lived 96 years, 6 months and 21 days. She was a member of the Church of Christ for seventy plus years. She spent her earlier married life raising her four daughters. She moved to Austin, Texas in 1947 and attended University Avenue Church of Christ for 40 years. At that time she moved into a home with her sister and started attending Cameron Road Church of Christ. She participated in Bible classes and Thursday Morning Ladies Class and donated to central Texas Children's Home for Christmas gifts and other needs. Her other donations were to the Cameron Road Church of Christ Missionaries, Salvation Army, and Doctors Without Borders. She worked at Scarborough's Department Store for many years. She started work in 1971 for the State of Texas Rehabilitation Department and retired at age 75. She had many good friends. Her descendants all enjoyed her many tales of the "old days" and the changes she saw in the world during her lifetime. She was dearly love by her daughters, their husbands and the members of their families, because she, herself, was so loving. It was not in her nature to speak unkindly of anyone. Imogene is survived by one sister, Marie Grace, and her four daughters, Irma Jean Manuel and her husband, Joe Manuel, Jerry R. Read, Wanda Nell Ferrill and her husband, Jack Ferrill and Patsy Marie Mclemore and her husband, S. Dale Mclemore; eight grandchildren: Sharon Read Joiner and her husband Bennett A. Joiner, Robert William Read and his wife Tucker, Dianna Ferrill Evatt and her husband Mark, Beverly Ferrill Burke, Donald Ferrill and his wife Denise, Cathy Wornell Barnett and her husband, Robert, Jeannie Mclemore Flores and her husband, Paulo and Scott David Mclemore; seventeen great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. A time of gathering will be held at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2008 in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home. The Funeral Service will follow at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow at Austin Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Central Texas Children's Home, 1925 Crane Rd, Buda TX 78610; Cameron Road Church of Christ, 6014 Cameron Rd, Austin TX 78723 or Heart to Heart Hospice, 4029 Capitol of Texas Hwy, Suite 120, Austin TX 78704 (Undated, unsourced)
  Person ID	I30254	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Lee Roy Reaves,   b. Bef 1911   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1926
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F9750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Jun 1911 - Texas Death - Jan 2008 - Austin, Travis County, Texas Burial - 18 Jan 2008 - Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.), Listings for her daughters (Reliability: 3).