Individual Details

Found on Find-A-Grave.com, written by her granddaughter, Mindy. Lillian May Adkins was born in Saratoga, Jefferson Co., TX to the parents of Benjamin L. Adkins and Minnie Mae George. She was their first child. Shortly after her birth her parents moved to Wetumka, Hughes Co., OK where she grew up and was schooled. She met and married her only husband Opal Cullins "O.C." Kirkpatrick in Wetumka. They were married 09 Dec 1922 in Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK. To this union were five children born 1) Evelyn Lorene 2) Donald Ray 3) Patricia Ann 4) Charles Cullins & 5) Mary Jane Kirkpatrick. The first two children were born in Wetumka. After 1930, O.C. and Lillian moved to Wanette, Pottawatomie Co., OK where they lived the remainder of their lives in the same house next to the School in town. The rest of their children were born in that house. Lillian's husband died in 1952 and she never remarried. She worked for a number of years selling Avon, working as a Clerk for the Post Office, and the Secretary for the Wanette Cemetery until her death. She attended the Wanette First Baptist Church and was a true Christian Lady. She was sweet, honest and loved by all.

Birth	31 Jul 1904	Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas
Marriage	9 Dec 1922	Holdenville, Hughes Co., Oklahoma - Opal Cullins Kirkpatrick
Death	29 Oct 1996	Wanette, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma
Burial		Wanette Cemetery, Wanette, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma

Spouse	Opal Cullins Kirkpatrick (1902 - 1952)
Child	Donald Ray Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Patricia Ann Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Evelyn Lorene Kirkpatrick (1923 - 2011)
Child	Charles Cullins Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Mary Jane Kirkpatrick ( - )