Ulysses Wade Aday (1896 - 1960)

Born 12 Jan 1896 in Bear Creek Township, Searcy, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jun 1960 at age 64 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas Territory, United States

Biography

• Ulysses Wade Aday born January 12, 1896 in Bear Creek, Arkansas (Close to DeQueen) He was a teacher at the young age of 21. Mr. Aday married Lucye A. King on September 23, 1920. They built a home at 304 North Louise Street . Atlanta, Texas. Mr. Aday then opened “Aday’s Service Station and Grocery” and also owned half of a furniture store located in Atlanta. Both of which Lucye inherited upon his death while on a visit to Little Rock, Arkansas on June 8, 1960 at the age of 64. There is no record of the Aday’s bearing children during their marriage.

Research Notes

• 1900 United States Census Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas
• Est Birth: abt 1896 Place: Arkansas parents John J Aday 31 JESSIE Aday 31
• other residents; Oscar A Aday 11 Coy Aday 9 Julius Aday 10 Wak Aday 4
• Dewey Aday 1 John M West 22
• 1910 Census; John R Aday 41 b. Arkansas JOSIE E 41 b. North Carolina
• Cay Aday 19 Lawson Aday 17 Wade Aday 14 Dewey Aday 12 Eula M Aday 9 * Bessie P Aday 6 Lottie Coker 31 Arviller o Aday 21 Lillie M Aday 19
• 1920 Census Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas Josie E Aday 49 Dewey Aday 21
• Pearl Aday 16 Ruth Aday 9
• 1930 Census Wade U Aday est. age 34 Home in 1930: Atlanta, Cass, Texas
• Birthplace: Arkansas Head of House Spouse's Name: Lucy A age 31
• Race: White Occupation: Service Station - Owner
• WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Jan 13, 2004 Name: Aday, Ulysses Wade
• Birth Date:12 Jan 1896 Place: Marshall AR City/County: State: AR White *Burial: Place: Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Cass,
• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Ulysses Wade Aday * City: Marshall County: Searcy State: Arkansas Birthplace: Arkansas, USA
• Birth Date: 12 Jan 1896 Race: Caucasian (White) Roll: 1530578 Age:21
• https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XP2M-N2 Wade Aday Draft Reg 1942
• Place: Atlanta, Cass, Texas Male 12 Jan 1896
• NARA Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for Texas
• NARA Publication Number: ARC Identifier: 576252 Film Number: 4142496
• Digital Folder Number: 004142496 Image Number: 01990

Collection: United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

OBITUARY: Citizens Journal, 9 June 1960 Place: Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Cass,

Funeral services for Mr. Wade Aday, 64, prominent business man and long time resident of Atlanta will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church in Atlanta with the Rev. Larry Stokes officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Crest Cemetery. The body will remain at the family residence until 3 p.m. when it will be removed to the church to lie in state for one hour. Mr. Aday had won a trip to Florida in connection with his store, Aday Furniture Company. He had driven his car to Little Rock and left it while on the trip. He was intending to drive it home Wednesday, but discovered it had a flat tire. He spent Tuesday night with a business friend who found him dead in bed Wednesday morning when he was attempting to awaken him for breakfast. Mr. Aday is survived by his widow, Mrs. Wade Aday; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Colay, Magnolia, Ark., Mrs. O. J. Bates and Mrs. Pearl Long, both of Houston, Texas; one brother, Dr. L. C. Aday of Houston.

• BURIAL: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
• Name:Wade Aday 12 Jan 1896-8 Jun 1960 Pinecrest Cemetery Atlanta, Texas

Ancestry.com. United States, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ulysses Wade Aday in FamilySearch Family Tree Wade U Aday in 1940 United States Federal Census Wade U Aday in 1930 United States Federal Census Ulysses Wade Aday in United States World War I * Profile created through the import of Aday.ged on Jan 2, 2013 by William Knight.

Sources

• Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: T623 76; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 119.
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: T624_64; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 967.
• 1920;Census Place: Bear Creek, Searcy, Arkansas; Roll: T625_81; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 311.
• Year: 1930; Census Place: Atlanta, Cass, Texas; Roll: 2306; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 522.0

* World War I Civilian Draft Registrations. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

• Registration Location: Searcy Conty, Arkansas; Roll: 1530578; Draft Board: 0.