NAME: ROYAL ADOLPHUS ADAIR, AGE 76, OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX, FORMERLY OF CANEY AND ATOKA. BORN: MARCH 8, 1921 NEAR CANEY, OK TO GEORGE MATTISON AND ERMA KATHERINE (GILBERT) ADAIR. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1997 AT DUNCANVILLE, TX. AGE: 76 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: MINNIE MARIE SPARKS ON JUNE 14, 1941 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR TEXAS INDUSTRIES IN MIDLOTHIAN, TX FOR 26 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1986. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MIDLOTHIAN. ALOS A MEMBER OF MASONIC LODGE #584 IN MIDLOTHIAN. HE WAS REARED IN ATOKA COUNTY, MOVED TO ADA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN TO MIDLOTHIAN IN 1969. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MINNIE ADAIR OF THE HOME IN MIDLOTHIAN, TX. CHILDREN: LARRY DON ADAIR AND WIFE WANDA OF DERITTER, LA. JUDY GALE LOWREY AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF SPRING HILL, KS. SHEILA MARIE BRAY AND HUSBAND GARY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX. PHILLIP ROYAL ADAIR AND WIFE TERESA OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: BERNICE HUFFINES OF DALLAS, TX. RUTHYLENE HALL AND HUSBAND RAY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH PARENTS: GEORGE AND ERMA ADAIR. SON: GLENDALE ADAIR. SISTERS: GEORGIA LOU CHILDRESS, MYRTIE BYRUM, AND RUBY EMERT. BROTHER: JOE ADAIR.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) BOBBY CHILDRESS, DALE BYRUM, GILBERT EMERT, MIKE ADAIR, DENNIS ADAIR, DALE STEPHENS.