Found this obit under my desk, not trimmed up, so assume It fell off the desk before I sent it. Obit of William Clay 'Bill' Adams, Jr., "The State', Columbia, Richland Co, SC, Jan 8, 2007 JOHNSTON - Services for Mr. William Clay "Bill" Adams, Jr., age 82, will be held Wednesday, January 10,2007, at 11 a.m. at Johnston First Baptist Church with interment to follow in Mt. of Olives Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Johnston First Baptist Church, 700 Church Street, Johnston, SC 29832. Mr. Adams, a native of Johnston, died Sunday, January 7, 2007. He was a son of the late William C. Sr. and Janie Rhoden Adams. Mr. Adams was a retired employee of Milliken and Co. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of American Legion Post 154 and a member of Johnston First Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon for many years and was an usher for 50 years. Survivors include his wife, Deloris Edwards Adams; sons, Barry (Sara) Adams, Aiken, Mart (Ann) Adams, Johnston; daughter, Betsy (Curtis) Cooper, Cayce; six grandchildren and one great-grandson. I have a Deloris Edwards b. Abt. 1923, as the daughter of James M. & Mary S. Unknown Edwards. Any one know if these are the same persons. Obit lists his parents as William Clay Adams Sr. and Janie Rhoden. I also have a Janie Rhoden in my files as the d/o James Wiley Rhoden (1904) and Orrie Mae Strom (ca 1905), but James Wiley Rhoden's obit in 1951 still lists Janie as a Rhoden?? Can anyone place these family groups together: the Rhoden, Adams and Edwards families? HC Ouzts has the Edwards connection as follows using xxx = Johnston Families book. 1. James Martin (Jim) Edwards, Sr. (b. 8/30/1890 SC, m. Mary Elizabeth Quattlebaum Sawyer (b. 1/12/1892 SC, d. 6/26/1980)[d/o Sarah Ann Quattlebaum & John Walter Sawyer], 1/8/1916, d. 5/15/1965) Mt Olives Johnston SC xxx 2. Mary Deloris Edwards (b. 4/23/1922 SC, m. William Clay Adams, Jr. (b. Johnston SC)[s/o Janie Rhoden & William Clay Adams], 11/21/1947) xxx He has the following family information in his Adams file: 1. William Clay Adams, Sr. (b. 1/28/1898 Edgefield SC, m. Janie Rhoden (b. 8/18/1905 Edgefield SC, 10/25/1994 Edgefield SC)[d/o Anna M. Clark & H. Rhoden], d. 5/8/1983 Edgefield SC) Mt Olives Johnston SC qb xxx 2. William Clay (Bill) Adams, Jr. (b. 1924 Johnston SC, m. Mary Deloris Edwards (b. 4/23/1922 SC)[d/o Mary Elizabeth Quattlebaum Sawyer & James Martin Edwards], 11/21/1947, d. 1/7/2007 Johnston SC) Mt Olives Johnston SC qb xxx 3. William Barry Adams [1948](m. Sarah Frances Chapman (b. 12/22/1950 SC)[d/o Frances Medlock & Joseph W. Chapman], 8/29/1971 Edgefield SC) xxx Sarah m.2. Ruffin Stephenson 3. George Martin (Mart) Adams (b. 5/19/1951 SC, m. Ethel Ann Rushton (b. 11/22/1952 SC)[d/o Edith Louise Clark & James Paul Rushton, Sr.], 2/17/1978 SC) xxx 3. Jane Elizabeth (Betsy) Adams [1952](m. Curtis Cooper [Fam ?]) xxx 2. Burnside Adams [1926] Billie