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Visitation:
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 from 5 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home.
Service:
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. the
Eminence Christian Church in rural Atlanta.
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Paul Augusta Adams, 99, of Atlanta passed away at
his home on Thursday, August 20, 2015.
Visitaiton for Mr. Adams will be held on Tuesday,
August 25, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at
the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, August
26, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. the Eminence Christian Church
in rural Atlanta.
Burial will be private family only.
Paul, son of Augusta Earl and Alice Bevan Adams, was
born on May 28, 1916 at the family farmstead outside
of Atlanta, Il. where he spent the first 57 years of
his life. Paul was the fourth generation of Adams to
live on the family farm.
Paul attended Atlatna High School graduating in
1934, earning a Bachelor's of Science from the
University of Illinois., College of Agriculture in
1938., HIs farming career started in 1938 with his
father, was interrupted from 1942 to 1945 to serve
as a medical technician in the Pacific during WWII.
On August 11, 1946, Paul married Marian Maxine Ioder.
Paul is survived by his wife, his son: John Richard
Adams, his daughter-in-law, Susan Weil Adams, and
his daughter Carolyn Jean Adams, his son-in-law John
Forsythe Meigs, and eight nieces and nephews.
Besides his abiding love of his family, Paul enjoyed
serving his community. He served 15 years on the
Atlanta Community School Board (10 as President) .
Memberships in some of his primary organizations
include: Eminence Christian Church, 12 years on the
Logan Country Farm Service Boardand Logan Country
Farmland Review Committee. |
Paul was an active member of the Atlanta Rotary Club (attending
up to his 99th birthday.and he served as a secretary of Rotary
District 649 in 1994. Paul served on the Atlanta City Council
for over 12 years. The Lincoln Courier recognized Paul's service
to the community in 1995 by naming him as the Courier's Citizen
of the Year.
Paul enjoyed a lifelong connection to music by playing the
trumpet when he was younger and then a baritone horn in his
older years. He was a member Atlanta HIgh School Band, Logan
County Farm Bureau Band, the Football band at the University of
Illinois, and the Army Band. In 2013, he retired from the
Atlanta Community Band.
Working with his sister, Norma Price, Paul authored two
historical books on Atlanta, a history of the Walnut Row School,
and an anniversary booklet on the Atlatna High School. Paul was
a member of Friends of Historic Atlanta, A-Team, and the Atlanta
Historic Committee and served as a long term decont at the
Atlanta Library and Museum.
The Adams family wishes to thank caregiver Florence (Buni) Smith
for her loving care and dedication to keeping Paul at home until
his death.
Memorials may be made to either J.H. Hawes Elevator or Endow
Atlanta.
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