1883

Walter Lee Adams was born on 16 Sep 1883 in Banks, Georgia, USA a child of James Wilson Neece Adams and Mary Jane Wallace Adams.

1900

Walter L Adams was counted in the census on 08 Jun 1900 in Banks, Georgia, USA, as a 17-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father, Jas W N Adams; his mother, Mary J Adams; and his siblings, Sallie Adams, Ruby M Adams, Mannie A Adams, Lewis T Adams, Margie E Adams, and Fred C Adams.

1910

Lee Adams was counted in the census on 20 Apr 1910 in Maysville, Banks, Georgia, USA, as a 27-year-old, male, maried, white, head of household. Also in the home was his wife, Callie Adams; and his children, Lucille Adams, and Rosman Adams.

1928

He died on 31 Jan 1928 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. He was buried in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery. His cause of death was bodily injuries and possible drowning after falling from the scaffolding of a bridge he was working on. 

One Meets Death, Another Injured at River Bridge

(Special to The Record)

WINNSBORO, S. C., Feb. 2 – Coroner J. H. Gibson was called to Strother Wednesday to hold an inquest over the body of W. Lee Adams, who fell from the scaffold over the bridge that is being built across the Broad River at that point. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that Adams came to his death by bodily injuries and possible drowning.” The jury was composed of T. B. Willingham, W. B. Pearson, G. B. Caldwell, O. L. Blaur and J. B. Fraiser, Jr.

The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon. The body was recovered five hours later. Adams came to Winnsboro mills village from Georgia and has just started working on the bridge at Strother on the day he was fatally injured.

The left arm and right leg were broken the latter just above the knee and the lower jaw was smashed.

Levi Sharp was also injured on the same scaffold and the same time and was rushed to the Baptist hospital at Columbia. Walter Haley narrowly escaped injuries by catching on the part of the bridge and hanging there until rescued.

Levi Sharp was reported as resting as well as could be expected at the Baptist hospital Thursday.

1952

On December 11, 1952, Walter Lee Adams was mentioned as the father in the death record of Rosamond Blackburn.