hmtl5 Russell Norman / Martin Adkins b. 30 Nov 1908 Sandy Hook, Elliott County, Kentucky d. 2 Apr 1975 Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy

Russell Norman / Martin Adkins

Male 1908 - 1975  (66 years)


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  • Name Russell Norman / Martin Adkins  [1
    • son of Alvin Lewis Adkins and Hattie Mabry
    Born 30 Nov 1908  Sandy Hook, Elliott County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Apr 1975  Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1594  Hedges
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

    Family Betty Frances Gilkison,   b. 18 Jan 1918, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1937, Middlefork, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years) 
    Children 
     1. Juanita Marie Adkins,   b. 24 Jun 1936, Middlefork Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 2016, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 
    Family ID F591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • LKH note:
      Most records show his middle name as Martin.
      [3]
    • LKH note:
      All information about Russell Adkins comes from family trees on Ancestry.
      [3]
    • 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.
      [2, 3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Illinois deaths and stillbirths index: 1916-1947.

    2. [S9] Obituary.

    3. [S82] LKH.

    4. [S87] Newspaper article.