ObituariesFebruary 25, 1994
MABEL ADAMS
CAIRO, Ill. -- Mabel Adams, 97, of Cairo, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 1994, at Daystar Care Center. She was born March 29, 1896, in Villa Ridge, daughter of George H. and Ida Miller Forsythe. She married Dean Adams, who died in 1973. Adams was a retired clerk for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Tamms...
CAIRO, Ill. -- Mabel Adams, 97, of Cairo, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 1994, at Daystar Care Center.
She was born March 29, 1896, in Villa Ridge, daughter of George H. and Ida Miller Forsythe. She married Dean Adams, who died in 1973.
Adams was a retired clerk for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Tamms.
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Survivors include four daughters, Shirley Jilek of Dallas, Texas, Inez Donnigan and Nell Johnson of Cairo, Carol Thomas of Mt. Vernon; two sons, Lynn Adams of Tucson, Ariz., J.D. Adams of Anna; a foster daughter, Shirley Dillow of Ft. Worth, Texas; 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo after 9 a.m. Saturday.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Will Voss officiating. Graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. at Anna City Cemetery.
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