Sallie (Mayo) Adams (1861-1943)

MAYO, ADAMS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 6/22/2014 at 22:20:04

From Nevada Journal October 21, 1943

Mrs. Sallie Adams Dies at Cincinnati Body Here for Burial

Mrs. Sallie Adams, 86, died Wednesday, at the College Hill Methodist Home for the Aged, at Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a message received by Mrs. H. E. Hadley.

The body will arrive in Nevada Friday at 5:20 p. m. and be taken to the Morfoot Funeral home, where it may be viewed by friends Friday evening. Graveside services will be held n the family lot in the Nevada cemetery Saturday morning at 10:00 o'clock, with Rev. O. E. Cooley of the Nevada First Methodist church in charge.

Mrs. Adams and her invalid husband came out to Nevada from New York in 1923, accompanying their son, Sam B. Adams, who was for several years connected with the Reuben H. Donnelley Corp., as manager.

The husband died and was buried here in 1924. The health of the son failing, he with his mother left here about 7 years ago and located in Florida, where the son passed away about 4 years ago in September.

The mother brought his ashes back to Nevada and they were placed in the family lot in the Nevada cemetery, after which she returned east and has since made her home in the Home for the Aged in Cincinnati.

Mrs. Adams was a woman of high culture and during her residence in Nevada formed a circle of very warm friends.