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- "Speck's" favorite story was how he met John Wayne while working inCalifornia. One of the things he enjoyed tremendously was makingpeople laugh with his jokes. Telling a joke for him was an art formof mastery. You could never not be entertained. He also was an avidbowler, loved his fishing, read detective magazines, and golf was apassion for him. After retiring from California to Arkansas, Joan andSpeck were regulars at the local VFW in Mountain Home for bingo everyweekend. There they visited with friends and acquaintences. Everyyear, Speck & Joan made the trip to Indiana to his high school classreunion, and to visit with his family living there. Their son Melvinhas lived near them always in California and Arkansas, and has beenvery close with his parents. Judy has been very close to her parentsas well even though she has lived in the next state of Texas for someyears. (niece-SLJuhl, compiler)
THE BAXTER BULLETIN NEWSPAPER, MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS
21 JUNE 2002
OBITUARY NOTICE: "Melvin Edward Adams, 74--A memorial service forMelvin Edward Adams, 74, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Kirby-Boaz FuneralHome Chapel with the North Central Arkansas Veterans Council VFW OzarkPost 3246 chaplain officiating. Mr. Adams died Thursday, June 20,2002, at his residence. He was born June 06, 1928, at Rockville,Ind., to Henry Elzie and Elsie Evadean Carson Adams. He married JoanL. Clore on March 25, 1950, at Rockville. He was a resident ofMountain Home since moving from Santa Barbara, Calif., in February1987. He was a brick mason for the Bricklayers and Allied CraftsInternational Union for 47 years. He served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II. He was a member of VFW Post 3246, Fraternal Order ofEagles 4217 and Twin Lakes Gold Club. He was a member of B.P.O.E.Lodge 1714 for 31 years, and he was Protestant. Mr. Adams wassurvived by his wife, Joan Adams; son Melvin K. (wife-Dannah) Adams ofMountain Home; daughter, Judy L. Meadors (Bob West) of Bastrop, Texas;grandchildren, Robert S. Bray and Angela R. (Alvin) Summers;great-grandson, Corey Alvin Summers; and several nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and twosisters. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Ozarks.Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home. [Transcribed by, sljuhl,21 Feb 2005]
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