Emily Buck Adams Obituary ~ July 5, 1950
Contributed by Joan S Dunn
Funeral For Mrs. Bryant Adams
Daily Reflector, Wed., July 5, 1950
Mrs. Emily BUCK ADAMS, 78, wife of Bryant ADAMS, died at four o’clock Sunday
morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe TYSON at Calico Crossroads, after
having been in declining health for several years. Funeral services were
conducted at Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church at three o’clock Monday
afternoon by the Rev. Walter B. NOBLES, Free Will Baptist minister of
Winterville, and burial was in the churchyard. Mrs. ADAMS, daughter of the
late Allen and Louise ADAMS BUCK, was born in Pitt county and spent most of
her youth near Galloway’s Crossroads. She had been a member of Black Jack Free
Will Baptist Church for thirty years. Mr. and Mrs. ADAMS celebrated their
fiftieth wedding anniversary last January. Surviving are her husband; three
daughters, Mrs. Joe TYSON of Calico Crossroads, Mrs. Arthur GALLOWAY of Black
Jack, and Mrs. Alonza SMITH of New Bern; two sons, Major ADAMS of Black Jack
and Louis ADAMS of Calico; 18 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
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