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    1. Levi Adams
    2. Hello I am looking for realtives or connections to Lev L. Adams and May L. Jeffries Adams. Jan 21, 1897 Maried in Faulkner County. Lived in Little Rock on Johnson Street 1930's and 40's Descendants of Levi L. Adams Generation No. 1 1. LEVI L.3 ADAMS (JOHN LANIEL CLAYTON2, ADAMS1) was born Feb 05, 1870 in Giles County, Tennessee, and died Mar 16, 1948 in #2524 Johnson Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. He married (1) MAY L. JEFFRIES Jan 21, 1897 in Faulkner County, Arkansas. She was born Nov 11, 1878 in Arkansas, and died Jan 01, 1920 in Pulaski Co. Little Rock, Arkansas. He married (2) SARAH E. Aft. 1921 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born Abt. 1888 in Arkansas. Notes for LEVI L. ADAMS: Page 22 Mar 19 1948 <Friday> Arkansas Gazette Levi L. Adams age 76 died at his home 2524 Johnson Street, Tuesday. He was a retired Rock Island employee. He was a charter member of Antioch Baptist church, and a member of Trinty Mssonic Lodge. Wife - Mrs Sarah Adams 2 Daughters - Mrs Sam Miears, and Mrs Eddie Tabor of Little Rock, Arkansas. 2 Sons - Fred M. Adams, of Garden City, KS, and Vernie Adams of Memphis. 1 Sister - Mrs Mary Haynie of Little Rock, Arkansas 4 Step Dau - Mrs Jessie Jordan, Mrs John Booe, Mrs William Matthews, and Mrs Della Cooper 2 Step Son - Rallo Williams of Ft Smith, Maurice Williams of Little Rock, .. All of LR, ARK. Funeral Home - Rubel Funeral Home of Little Rock, Arkansas. (Some arrangements were still being made at this time.) (*) 1920 Arkansas census had May L. and Levi living on Johnson street; Big Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas. Levi was a "rail" car inspector for the rail road. The cemetery stone and the Arkansas death records togather; show that May L. died Jan 01, 1921. 1920 Levi Adams Roll: T625 - 79 Tennessee Page: 14A Arkansas Ed: 147 Pulaski Image 939 <Ancestory.com> Arkansas Big Rock Township; Levi Adams Head O 7 age 49 b/Ten w/ May (L.) 39 b/Ark b/Miss b/Ark <1st wife> d/Miears Clara 19 s/ Adams Finis 17 s/ Chester 13 s/ Freddie 10 d/ Dorris 5 <all born in Ark> s/Law Sam Miears 25 b/Ark Uk Uk <*> 1930 Levi Adams Tennessee Ed: 45 Arkansas Sheet: 357 Pulaski Vol: 54 <LR Library> Big Rock Township Levi Adams 58 Tenn (1st Marriage at age 27) page 19A at the bottom of page w/May (Williams) 42 (1st Marriage at age 16) <2nd wife> cont'd page 19B at the top of page s/Fred M. 22 d/ Doris Adams 15 step/s Morris Williams 20 Levi was a car inspector for the rail road. Finis was a rail road repairman. Sam Meyers was a car repairman for the rail road. <*> More About MAY L. JEFFRIES: Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Pulaski Co. Little Rock, AR More About LEVI ADAMS and MAY JEFFRIES: Marriage: Jan 21, 1897, Faulkner County, Arkansas Notes for SARAH E.: (*) 1930 census has Levi and May <Morris> Adams living at #2524 Johnson street, Little Rock, Arkansas. May <Morris> was 16 when she married her first husband Mr. Morris. She is listed as Widowed. Death Certificate of Levi L. Adams indicates her name was Sarah E. <*> May Morris Adams was 42 when the 1930 cenus was taken in April 14, 1930<Pulaski, Big Rock, Arkansas>. Levi's step-son Williams Morris was 20 years old at this same time. <*> More About LEVI ADAMS and SARAH E.: Marriage: Aft. 1921, Little Rock, Arkansas Children of LEVI ADAMS and MAY JEFFRIES are: i. VERNIE4 ADAMS, d. Aft. 1948. Notes for VERNIE ADAMS: Vernie Adams was listed as one of the two sons left living after Levi L. Adams <his father> died in Mar 1948. (*) ii. CLARA MAE ADAMS, b. 1901, Arkansas; d. Aft. 1948; m. SAM MIEARS, Bef. 1920, Arkansas; b. Abt. 1895, Arkansas. Notes for SAM MIEARS: Sam was a "rail" car repairman with the railroad with Levi. (*) Levi Adams Head O 7 age 49 b/Ten w/ May (L.) 39 b/Ark b/Miss b/Ark <1st wife> d/Miears Clara 19 s/ Adams Finis 17 s/ Chester 13 s/ Freddie 10 d/ Dorris 5 <all born in Ark> s/Law Sam Miears 25 b/Ark Uk Uk (*) More About SAM MIEARS and CLARA ADAMS: Marriage: Bef. 1920, Arkansas iii. FINIS ADAMS, b. Abt. 1903. Notes for FINIS ADAMS: Finis was a repairman on the railroad with his father Levi. (*) iv. CHESTER L. ADAMS, b. Abt. 1907, Arkansas; m. MATTIE. v. FRED "FREDDIE" M. ADAMS, b. Abt. 1909; d. Aft. 1948, Garden City, Kansas; m. DORIS. vi. DORIS MARIE ADAMS, b. Jan 01, 1915, Little Rock, Arkansas; d. May 02, 2001; m. EDWARD "EDDIE" M.TABOR, 1935; b. Jul 21, 1909, Welch, LA; d. Oct 1985, Little Rock, Arkansas. Notes for DORIS MARIE ADAMS: Doris Marie Tabor, age 86, of Little Rock went to be with the Lord Wednesday, May 02, 2001. Doris was born in Little Rock, January 1, 1915, as Doris Marie Adams. In 1935 she married Edward Tabor and together they had three children. Doris graduated from Little Rock Central High School in 1932. After marrying in 1935 Doris spent most of her married life being involved with her children's activities. In 1967 she began working at Ann's Candle Shop as a bridal consultant and floral designer. She later became the bridal consultant at M.M. Cohn Department Store until her retirement. She loved her work and always added a loving touch to the weddings she was involved with. She and her husband were members of Oak Forest United Methodist Church, where Doris sang in the choir and worked with the youth. She was also a member of the Pinnnochio Rose Garden Club and later the Briarwood Garden Club. Besides her parents, brothers and sister, she is preceded in death by her husband and one granddaughter, Melanie Carol Moss. She is also survived by daughter Judy Moss and husband Joe of Benton, Arkansas, Ron Tabor and wife Sharon of Little Rock, Carol Garrison and husband Don of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; 6 grandchildren, Marc Moss, Laura Tabor Stokes, Scott Tabor, Susan Tabor Brightop, and Laura Lee Moss. Other survivors include three sister- in- laws, Ann Adams of Little Rock, Sylvia Haack Adams of Apopka, Florida. Honorary pallbearers will be the Tuesday Morning Prayer Group. There will be a visitation today, Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral service at 1 p.m. at Oak Forest United Methodist Church officiated by Reverend Jim Foster. Burial will follow at Forest Hills Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Oak Forest United Methodist Church and The Arkansas Heart Association. The family will receive friends at 42 Tallyho Lane, Little Rock. For more information visit _www.ruebelfuneralhome.com_ (http://www.ruebelfuneralhome.com) . ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE...... BORN Jan 07, 1915, at Little Rock, Tabor was the daughter of Levi and Mae Adams of Little Rock. TABOR died Wednesday at Four Oaks Living Center at Little Rock from complications after a stroke. She was 86... IN 1935, she married Edward Tabor of Welch, La. They were married one month short of 50 years when he died in 1985. The couple had one son and two daughters. AFTER retirement from Cohns, two years later Tabor suffered a mild stroke, which limited her work. But she worked part time at Ann's Candle Shop. (*) The 1935 city directory has her working at Baker's shoes. (*) More About DORIS MARIE ADAMS: Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery, Arkansas Notes for EDWARD "EDDIE" M.TABOR: The 1949 city directory, has Eddie Tabor as the owner of the 2524 Johnson Street home <Levi Adams>. (*) More About EDWARD "EDDIE" M.TABOR: Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery, Arkansas More About EDWARD M.TABOR and DORIS ADAMS: Marriage: 1935 ____T. F. Langley_____ TLangAdams@aol.com ____A R K A N S A S___

    11/26/2004 03:20:03
    1. Re: [ARPULASK] Levi Adams
    2. Rebecca Millet
    3. <<He married (1) MAY L. JEFFRIES Jan 21, 1897 in Faulkner County, Arkansas. She was born Nov 11, 1878 in Arkansas, and died Jan 01, 1920 in Pulaski Co. Little Rock, Arkansas. >> According to the AR Death Index, May Jeffries died 1/1/1921 in Pulaski, not 1920. Becky millet@consolidated.net "The best measure of the future is the record of the past." -Benjamin Franklin

    11/26/2004 03:09:31
    1. Re: [ARPULASK] Levi Adams
    2. Rebecca Millet
    3. LEVI L.3 ADAMS (JOHN LANIEL CLAYTON2, ADAMS1) was born Feb 05, 1870 in Giles County, Tennessee, and died Mar 16, 1948 in #2524 Johnson Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. T.F, The AR Death Index also has a different death date for Levi. ADAMS, Levi L.--------PULA--------3/18/48--------W/M--------78 Becky millet@consolidated.net "The best measure of the future is the record of the past." -Benjamin Franklin

    11/26/2004 03:12:32