Alexander Faison Adams (1915 - 2005)

Born 24 Apr 1915 in Harnett, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Mar 2005 at age 89 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

Biography

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Alexander Faison Adams

Dunn Daily Record

3/14/2005

Alexander Faison Adams, 89, of Pensacola, Fla., died Friday, March 11, at a local hospice center there. He was born in Dunn on April 24, 1915, to the late Alexander Benton Adams and Lou Flora Morgan Adams.

Mr. Adams graduated from Dunn High School and also attended Campbell College before joining his brother, Spencer, in the variety store field. He managed several large McLellan stores, and later joined the Big-K chain as a vice president at its headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until his retirement. After Big-K was purchased by Wal-Mart, he and Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, became friends and he accompanied Mr. Walton to Wal-Mart stockholders' meetings in Bentonville, Ark.

Mr. Adams' wife of 66 years, the former Virginia Yarborough, a native of Lexington, N.C., preceded him in death in 2003. He is also preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. He is survived by two sons, Alex Adams, an industrial engineer, and fiancée Henrietta Niemann, both of Pensacola; and Richard Adams, a chemical engineer, and wife Shirley of Camden, Tenn.; a grandson, Danny Rains and wife Christi of Camden; a great-grandson Jacob Rains of Camden; and a brother, Hoover Adams of Dunn.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel, 3351 Scenic Highway. Interment followed at Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens. In lieu of lowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Family Services Inc., 3454 East Olive Road, Pensacola, Fla., 32514. Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Name

Alexander Faison Adams

Birth

24 Apr 1915

Harnett, North Carolina, United States

Residence

1920

Averasboro, Harnett, North Carolina

1930

Dunn, Harnett, North Carolina

Death

Name: Alexander Faison Adams

Birth Date: 24 Apr 1915

Death Date: 11 Mar 2005

Cemetery: Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens

Burial or Cremation Place: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Spouse: Alice Virginia Adams

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28050110

Sources

Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Source: S-2086552991

Repository: #R-2142174790

Title: 1930 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,

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Repository: R-2142174790

Name: Ancestry.com

Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

Source: S-2086559558

Repository: #R-2142174790

Title: 1920 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census,

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Repository: #R-2142174790

Title: Ancestry Family Trees

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

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Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=27191670&pid=560

Source: S-2090312522

Repository: #R-2142174790

Title: North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data - Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.

APID: 1,8783::0

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Cindy Ramsey for creating WikiTree profile Adams-12247 through the import of Cindy Barnett family tree.ged on Jun 5, 2013.