Russell Norman / Martin Adkins
1908 - 1975 (66 years)
Generation: 1
1. Russell Norman / Martin Adkins was born on 30 Nov 1908 in Sandy Hook, Elliott County, Kentucky; died on 2 Apr 1975 in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky. Notes:
LKH note:
Most records show his middle name as Martin.
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All information about Russell Adkins comes from family trees on Ancestry.
LKH note:
This obituary dates agree with records on family trees on Ancestry.
The obituary does not list Juanita, the daughter he had with Betty Gilkison, among his survivors.
Russell Adkins
Russell M. Adkins, 66, Paintsville, Ky., was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital at 7:20 a.m. today. He was brought by Sandusky Township Rescue Squad.
Mr. Adkins was visiting from Fremont with his son. He was born in Kentucky on Nov. 30, 1908, to the late Alvin and Hattie (Mabry) Adkins. He was a retired construction worker.
Survivors include his widow, Bessie Wiley; four daughters, Mrs. Wanda Homler and Mrs. Wilma Rapp, both Fremont; Mrs. Mayvene Smith, Gibsonburg; Mrs. Sue Adams, Winter Haven, Flay.; four sons, James and Wendell, both Fremont; Roy, Killbuck, Ohio, and Paul, Risingsun; one stepson, Fred Haar, Paintsville, Ky.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Walter Sammons, Linda and Mildred Haar, all Newport News, Va.; two brothers, Ernest and Zettie, both Sandyhook, Ky.; one sister, Mrs. Eva Gibson, Sandyhook, Ky.
Services are pending at the Lewis and Ferguson Funeral Home in Sandyhook, Ky. Local arrangements were held by the Weller-Wonderly Funeral Home.
The News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio. Wednesday, 2 April 1975.
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son of Alvin Lewis Adkins and Hattie MabryFamily/Spouse: Betty Frances Gilkison. Betty (daughter of Thaddeus Morton Gilkison and Verba Jane Hylbert) was born on 18 Jan 1918 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 26 Dec 1937 in Middlefork, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 29 Dec 1937 in Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Juanita Marie Adkins was born on 24 Jun 1936 in Middlefork Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Apr 2016 in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho; was buried in burial details unknown.