Melba Jean Adams

1931 - 1996  (64 years)

• Name	Melba Jean Adams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	28 Sep 1931	Black, Reynolds, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Black River, Reynolds, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Eileen and Kenneth Adams
  Census	1950	Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	Age: 18; Relation to Head: Daughter of Eileen and Kenneth Adams; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	23 Aug 1996	Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 5]
  Burial	Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA   [5]
  		Arcadia Valley Memorial Park (also known as Arcadia Valley Cemetery) Arcadia, Iron, Missouri Find a Grave: #27355
  Person ID	I25144	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Donald Ray Lewis,   b. 3 Apr 1929, Missouri, USA d. 29 Jul 1986, Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1955  [2, 5]
  Family ID	F1853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Emory Paul Wright,   b. 14 Jan 1924, Belleview, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 23 Jan 1991, Bismarck, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1981	Iron County, Missouri, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F9425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Sep 1931 - Black, Reynolds, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Eileen and Kenneth Adams - 1940 - Black River, Reynolds, Missouri, USA Census - Age: 18; Relation to Head: Daughter of Eileen and Kenneth Adams; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA Marriage - 1 Aug 1981 - Iron County, Missouri, USA Death - 23 Aug 1996 - Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Number: 486-38-2218; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: 1951-1952. [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Black River, Reynolds, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02144; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 90-1. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Black River, Reynolds, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02144; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 90-1 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S8104] Find a Grave: ADAMS Melba WRIGHT 1931-1996, Melba Jean Adams Lewis Wright. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142359327/melba_jean_wright [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ironton, Iron, Misso. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ironton, Iron, Misso