Charlie Arthur ADAMS

1906 - 1988  (81 years)

• Name	Charlie Arthur ADAMS
  Birth	29 Sep 1906	Monroe County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7F244C4126DC4B62B82AE3B487A15B775205
  Death	1 Jul 1988	Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Burial	Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Notes	Birth certificate gives parents as Robert Choice ADAMS and Mary ADAMS. 1910 United States Federal Census: Charlie, aged 5, born Tennessee, lived with his parents and younger sister and brother in Bismarck, Hot Spring, Arkansa. 1920 United States Federal Census: Charlie still lived at home, the family now lived in Graham, DeKalb, Alabama. Charlie by now had two sisters and three brothers. 1930 United States Federal Census: in District 3, Hamilton, Tennessee (all ADAMS, all born Tennessee), Charlie A (head, 23, married at 21, born, machine operator, box factory), Dovie M (wife, 20, married at 17) and Ruby M (daughter, 11 months). 1940 United States Federal Census: in Hamilton, Tennessee (all ADAMS, all born Tennessee), Charlie (head, 34, scorer, box factory), Dovie (wife, 30), Ruby (daughter, 13), Larraine (daughter, 8), Amos (son, 6), Robert (son, 4) and Ruth (daughter, 2). Also Alan MASSINGALE (father in law, 67). Same place in 1935. 1950 United States Federal Census: in Mocassin Bend Road, Hamilton, Tennessee (all ADAMS, all born Tennessee apart from Dovie), Charley A (head, 43, engineer, boat towing business), Dovie M (wife, 40, born Georgia), Amos A (son, 16, coal sacker, coal company), Robert E (son, 14), Mary R (daughter, 11), Judy A (daughter, 7) and Charley A Jr. (son, 4). Also Lorene HUTCHENS (daughter, 18, divorced, waitress in drug store), Richard M HUTCHENS (grandson, 1) and George A MASSENGALE (father in law, 77, widower). From findagrave.com: ADAMS, Charlie Arthur Sr., 81, of Red Bank, died Friday at his home. A native of Englewood, Tenn., he was retired from Star Box Manufacturing Co., after 14 years of service, and had worked as an engineer on tow boats for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert C. and Mary Sarah Ann Adams, a son, Charlie A. Adams Jr., two brothers, Lee and Walter Adams, and a sister, Nellie Ammons. Survivors include his wife, Dovie Massengale Adams; two sons, Amos Adams, Chattanooga, and Robert E. Adams, Waynesboro, VA; four daughters, Ruby Meade, Chattanooga; Ruth Minter, Arnold, MD; Judy Ritchie and Lorene Jones, both of Florida; two brothers, Donald R. Adams, Cleveland, Tenn., and Emmitt S. Adams, Reliance, Tenn.; sister, Cecil White Jones, Carrollton, Ala.; 24 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Johnnie Statom officiating. Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Chattanooga Guardian Chapel, North. Charlie Adams Sr. was born on Starr Mountain, Monroe, Tennessee, USA.
  Person ID	I9710	America
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Dovie Marie MASSENGALE,   b. 12 Feb 1910, Durham, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 23 Oct 2007, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 97 years)
  Children	1. Ruby Marie ADAMS,   b. 17 May 1929, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Jul 1995, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)   2. Thelma Lorene ADAMS,   b. 16 Jul 1931, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Jan 2021, West Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA (Age 89 years)   3. Amos Allen "Buddy" ADAMS,   b. 11 Oct 1933, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 6 Mar 2014, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 80 years)   4. Robert Everett ADAMS,   b. 30 Oct 1935, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Oct 1998, Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)   5. Mary Ruth ADAMS   6. Judy Ann ADAMS,   b. 11 Oct 1942, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Oct 2005, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years)   7. Charlie Arthur "Sparky" ADAMS, Jr.,   b. 4 Dec 1945, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Jun 1983, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F4104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S268] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards at ancestry.com, August 2015 and later. [S102] Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 at Ancestry., (com, January 2015). [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.