Adair Obituaries, Henderson Co. TX

Obituaries: Mary Adair Brightwell, James Daniel Adair, Ruby L. Adair, Tony Travis Adair, Leslie I. Adair, Ernest Wesley Adair, Hollis C. Adair,

Athens Review
February 6, 1981
Mary Brightwell

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Adair Brightwell, of San Jose California; will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Carroll and Lehr Memory Chapel with Rev. Mack Muhlendorf officiating.

Interment will be in Rock Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Brightwell died Thursday in San Jose after a lengthy illness.

She was a native of Leagueville and moved to California as a young woman. She was a retired nurse from California State Hospital System.

Survivors include one brother Daniel Adair of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews.

Submitted by: Fran Adair Bethea

Athens Review
June 6, 1979
James Adair

Services for James Daniel Adair, 68, of Tyler, were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Fred Harris officiating.

Masonic graveside services were held in Leagueville Cemetery.

Mr. Adair died last Wednesday afternoon in a Tyler hospital following a sudden illness.

A native of Brownsboro, he lived in Tyler 32 years and was retired from Exxon Oil Co. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 1233 of Tyler and the York Rite Shrine.

He was a member of Bailes Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Adair, Tyler, four sons: Jerry E. Adair and Billy Simms, both of Tyler, Donald Adair of Arlington, and Ronald Adair, Bedford; eight daughters: Mrs. Betty Tomlinson, Taiwan, Mrs. Jimmie Rodems, Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Glenda Clayton, Mrs. Sue Weesner and Mrs. Louise Lyles, all of Tyler, Mrs. Nancy Wood, Brownsboro, Mrs. Katherine Kormos, Longview, Mrs. Patsy Presley, Whitehouse; two sisters, Mrs. Dovie Parker, Chandler and Mrs. Docia Neil, Grapeland; 34 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

Pallbearers, all Masons, included Pete Peters, Bill Walls, Norm Quaas, Don Carpenter, Bill Reid and Weldon Booth.

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Athens Review
August 3, 1981
Mrs. Ruby L. Adair

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby L. Adair, 74, of Murchison, are set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Murchison with the Revs. Lee Welch and Joey Fowler officiating.

Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park in Athens under the direction of Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home.

Mrs. Adair died Sunday in an Athens hospital after a short illness.

She was born Aug. 22, 1906 at Pickett, Ark. and had lived most of her life in Murchison. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Murchison.

Survivors are her husband, P. C. "Pat" Adair of Murchison: four sons, Charles Adair, Glenn Adair and Hollis Adair, all of Murchison and Billy Adair of Athens; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Lou Curtner of Jacksboro, Mrs. Frankie Sue Rounsavall of Garland and Mrs. Ann Crossley of Murchison: three brothers, Alton Asher of Murchison, Thomas Asher of Amarillo and Richard Asher of Dallas; four sisters, Mrs. Lorena Ward of San diego, Calif., and Mrs. Johnnie Hatton, Mrs. Lois Ivy and Mrs. Eurena Bevins, all of Dallas; 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Neill Palmer, Randy Rounsavall, Tony Baker, Paul David Curtner, Michael Adair, Roger Adair, Larry Adair, Tracy Adair and Craig Adair.

Great-grandsons will be honorary pallbearers.

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Athens Review
April 21, 1971
Tony T. Adair Services Set At Leagueville

Funeral services for Tony Travis Adair, 19, of the Leagueville community, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Leagueville Baptist Church. Mr. Adair died Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. at Memorial Hospital about an hour after a car he was driving skidded into a truck on the Tyler highway at Flat Creek Road.

Burial will be at Leagueville under the direction of the Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home.

The services will be conducted by the Rev. Lee Teakle and the Rev. Bill Watson.

Mr. Adair was born in Athens. He graduated from Brownsboro High School and was a student at Henderson County Junior College.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis W. Adair of Leagueville; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wesley Adair of Leagueville; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Morman of Athens; one brother, Richard Adair of Leagueville; two sisters, Mrs. Linda Fern Taylor of Trinidad and Miss Cynthia Lee Adair of Leagueville; and one niece, Miss Sherile Lyn Taylor of Trinidad.

Pallbearers will be George Dingler, Durwood Dingler, Donald Monk, David Monk, Randy Adair, Milton Adair, Steven Adair, Gordon Adair, Charles Morman, Arlon Morman and Walter Morman.

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Athens Review
June 26, 1975
Leslie Adair Dies Tuesday In Dallas

Leslie I. Adair, a resident of Irving and formerly of Brownsboro, died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital, at the age of 54.

Born in Henderson County, Mr. Adair had lived in Dallas the last 30 years. He was a veteran of World War II and was working as a welder for the G.L.F. Manufacturing Corp.

The funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Leagueville Baptist Church, with the Rev. A. F. Coody officiating. Burial will be in the Leagueville Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Adair, and two daughters, Joanne Adair and Mrs. Juanelle Szakacs, all of Irving.

Mr. Adair is survived by four brothers, Wesley Adair and Lonzo Adair of Leagueville; Wylie Adair of Teague; and Ebb Adair of Palmer.

He is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Allie Howard and Mrs. Vera Gideon of Palmer, Mrs. Ethel Walker of Coppell; and Mrs. Estel Barton of Dallas.

He had two grandchildren.

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Athens Review
April 6, 1966
Mr. Adair Dies; Rites Thursday

Ernest Wesley Adair, 48, died at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. He was stricken with a heart attack at his home in the Leagueville community and was pronounced dead on arrival at an Athens hospital.

A member of the Leagueville Missionary Baptist church, Mr. Adair had lived in Henderson County most of his life. He was employed by Ling-Tempco-Vought at Dallas.

Mr. Adair is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Adair of Leagueville, one son, Randy Adair of Leagueville, three daughters, Mrs. D. L. Stanberry, Mrs. Loyd Nichols, both of Grand Prairie, and Mrs. Ann Haskell of Leagueville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Adair of Leagueville; three brothers, Hollis Adair, Howard Adair, and Derl Adair, all of Leagueville; four sisters, Mrs. Vivian Dingler, Mrs. Blanche Williams, and Mrs. Janice Monk, all of Leagueville, and Mrs. Sally Simmons of Tyler, and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Leagueville Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Watson and the Rev. Jack Welch officiating, and burial will be in Leagueville Cemetery with Hassell and Foster in charge. Nephews will be pallbearers.

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Athens Review
December 26, 1984
Hollis C. Adair

Funeral services for Hollis C. Adair, 48, of Murchison are set for 3 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Murchison with the Rev. Lee Welch and the Rev. James Hughes officiating.

Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park under the direction of Carroll-Lehr Funeral home of Athens.

Mr. Adair died Wednesday at Lakeland Medical Center after a sudden illness.

He was born Oct. 9, 1936 in Murchison where he has lived all his life. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Murchison and was an employee of Lone Star Gas and Ensearch for 29 years.

Survivors include his wife, Jessie; two sons, Roger of Chandler and Craig of Murchison; two daughters, Debbie Feagin and Brenda Adair, both of Murchison; father, P. C. Adair of Murchison; three brothers, Charles and Glenn, both of Murchison , and Billy of Athens; three sisters, Betty Curtner of Jacksboro, Frankie Rounsavall of Garland and Ann Crossley of Murchison; and one grandson.

Submitted by: Fran Adair Bethea

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