WIDOW OF BANK FOUNDER DIED LAST THURSDAY -- Mrs. John Q. McAdams, 84, widow of the late John Q. McAdams, founder of the Winters State Bank, died @ 1:30 a.m. Thursday of last week in Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church of Winters with the Rev. Fred Thomas, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery under direction of Winters Funeral Home. She was born Clara Davis, daughter of the late William and Fannie Davis, March 21, 1895, in Milam County. In 1900 the family moved to Runnels County, settling east of Winters on a farm. She graduated from Winters High School. She married Walter Brian in 1914 in Winters. He died in 1964. She married John Q. McAdams in 1966. He died in 1968. She had lived in the Winters area most of her life, with the exception of the period from 1945 to 1966 when she lived in Robstown. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Warren Criswell of Bay City and Mrs. Jack Lincoln of Dayton, Ohio; one step-son John Q. McAdams, Jr. of Houston; a step-daughter, Mrs. George Moore of Houston; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Maude Davis of Winters and six grandchildren. A son Buford, died in 1934. Pallbearers were Gattis Neely, Jack Davis, Dennis Poe, Rankin Pace, Fayne McKelleb, LaDell Davis, Wilma C. Davis and Mike Davis.

From The Winters Enterprise -- Date of Death 11/22/1979