Walter Adkins
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Walter Adkins (1895 - 1970)

Walter Adkins
Born in Jellico Creek, Scott County, Tennessee, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 19 Apr 1914 (to 30 Oct 1970) in Scott, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in Winfield, Scott County, Tennessee, USAmap
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Biography

Walter Adkins was born on 26 Nov 1895 at Jellico Creek, Scott County, Tennessee, USA. He was the son of the late Henry and Mary Phillips Adkins and was a member of the Clay Hill Baptist Church. He married Flora Cross Trammell and they had two children. He was postmaster and a merchant in Winfield for a number of years and was also a prominent farmer in the area. Walter Adkins was at home when he passed away at the age of 74 on 30 Oct 1970. He was buried in Cross Cemetery in Scott County, TN.

Spouse

Flora Cross Trammell 1898–1982


Children

Orpha Adkins Litton 1915–1990

Zola Lee Adkins 1916–1994


Siblings

Zilah Adkins Davis 1894–1980

Grace Adkins Terry 1897–1973

Ava Adkins 1899–1983

Andrew Adkins 1901–1976

Francis Marion Adkins 1904–1971

Ethel June Adkins Chitwood 1909–2009

Hilary Adkins 1911–1971

Herman Adkins 1916–1984

Ruth Adkins Daugherty 1919–2014

Sources

Obituary,

Walter Adkins, 74 of Winfield passed away at his home Friday night. He was postmaster and a merchant in Winfield for a number of years and was also a prominent farmer in the area. He was the son of the late Henry and Mary Phillips Adkins and was a member of the Clay Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Flora Cross Adkins and one son Zola L. Adkins both of Winfield; one daughter Mrs. Orpha Litton of Waynesboro, Ga.; one foster daughter Mrs. Nace Jane Ashcraft of Williamstown, Ky. Four sisters Mrs. Grace Terry of Oneida; Mrs. Zilah Davis, Mrs. Ethel Chitwood and Mrs. Ruth Daugherty all of Winfield; Five brothers Ada Adkins of Blue Ash, Ohio, Francis Adkins, Andrew Adkins, Hilleary Adkins and Herman Adkins all of Winfield. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Clay Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Howard Walker and Rev. Okis Morris officiating. Interment was in Cross Cemetery. Arrangements by Oneida Funeral Home. (Source: The Scott County News, 6 Nov 1970, p9)


  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3HC-ZM6 : 20 May 2014), Walter Adkins, Oct 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  • "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-K2Q4 : 16 March 2020), Walter Adkins and Flora Cross, 19 Apr 1914; citing Scott, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 926,291.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC2-YX2 : accessed 7 June 2020), Walter Akins in household of Henry Akins, Civil District 13, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 5A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,589.
  • United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-TZQ : accessed 7 June 2020), Walter Adkins in household of Henry S Adkins, Civil District 7, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 168, sheet 4B, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1515; FHL microfilm 1,375,528.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-861 : accessed 7 June 2020), Walter Adkins, Civil District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 179, sheet 21B, line 83, family 193, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1761; FHL microfilm 1,821,761.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-PL4 : accessed 7 June 2020), Walter Adkins, District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 18A, line 26, family 350, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-JLF : 26 November 2019), Walter Adkins, Civil District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-9, sheet 9B, line 45, family 157, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.




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