Clara Francis Adkins

1916 - 2003  (86 years)

• Name	Clara Francis Adkins  [1, 2]
  Birth	29 Nov 1916	San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Nov 2003	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Sabine County Reporter Francis Pratt Francis Pratt, 86, of Geneva died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. Mrs. Pratt was born Nov. 29, 1916, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Sarah PARKER and Jesse ADKINS and was a retired sales clerk. She was a longtime member of Geneva Baptist Church. Survivors: husband, Orzo PRATT of Geneva; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and J.C. CLICK of Geneva and Gloria and Robert McELROY of Elkhart; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Eddis SMITH and Bro. Buddy PRATT officiating. Interment followed at Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I24970	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jesse Marion Adkins,   b. 22 Dec 1887, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana d. 6 Sep 1967, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sara "Sallie" Elizabeth Parker,   b. Abt 1888, Milam, Sabine County, Texas d. 6 Nov 1966, San Augustine County, Texas (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1904	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  	Their wedding was at the home of her parents, with Preacher Martin, a hard-shell Baptist Minister officiating. There was a big crowd. The wedding supper was in her parents' home....and dinner at the home of the grooms' parents. Mrs. Adkins added that there were lots of watermelons, which they spent the day eating. The groom was 17 and his bride was only 16 years of age. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary celebration was hosted by their seven (surviving) children: Jimmerson Adkins of Pineland, Mrs. Ozro Pratt of Hemphill, Louis Adkins of Rosevine, Mrs. Johnnie Butler of Alta Loma, Wendford Adkins of Pearland, and Cordell Adkins of Jasper. Members of the family, including children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, attended church services Sunday making a total of 45 in all. "The Adkinses are a young-looking, young-acting couple in excellent health, he gardens and she takes care of her house, fills her freezer and then cans about 200 jars of food each year...He and a neighbor, Mrs. W. C. Boyd, share a garden...Mr. and Mrs. Adkins also lived in Jasper, and in Jackson County, Oklahoma, always being engaged in farming and ranching and retiring in 1960." Besides their two daughters and five sons, the Adkinses boast 47 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren. (Excerpted from Virgie Speight's "Vignettes of Pioneer Families" column published July 9, 1964, on the occasion of their sixtieth wedding anniversary).
  Family ID	F6752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ozro Lee Pratt,   b. 29 Dec 1912, Sabine County, Texas d. 2 Dec 2003, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1933
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F8284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Nov 1916 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 23 Nov 2003 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Burial - - Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Pratt, Ozro Lee and Clara (Adkins)

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.). [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1 Enumerated 5 and 6 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 194 Sheets 2A 26-26 (Reliability: 3). [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 57 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 58481060 (Reliability: 3).