Parents

Son of Lee Roy ADLEY & Ruby HENSON.

Life History

Other facts

Notes

• Thanks to Patricia Williams, who contacted me with information on thedeath of Otdies Lee Adley:
  "Otdies Lee Adley died in Fort Collins, Colorado about Jan. 23-24,2003. Obit appeared in newspaper on Jan. 25, 2003, and gravesideservices were held on that day."
  
  With this clue, I went searching for online records and found theSocial Security Death Index for Otdies Lee, which gave the exact dayof death:
  Otdies L. Adley, Born 4 Nov 1934, Died 22 Jan 2003, SSN: 463-52-0947issued Texas (1951), Last Residence: 80526 Fort Collins, Larimer,Colorado
  
  Interestingly, I found public records compilations that indicatedOtdies' birthday was in July:
  Otdies L Adley, Birth Date: Jul 1934; Street address: 3721 SoderburgDr, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, 80526; Phone Number:970-225-9356
  
  Also at this address I find records for him under the name of Lee RAdley, but with the same age, and associated with Shirley Adley (noinfo on the divorce in this collection).
  
  Some public records listings have him under the name of Lee, and withthe correct birth month:
  Lee Adley, Birth Date: Nov 1934; Street address: 2300 W County Road 38E, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, 80526; Phone Number:970-225-9356
  
  The Texas Birth Index, which I found next, confirms the date of birthas 4 November 1934.  But note how they entered his name:
  Otis Lee Jr. Adley Date of Birth: 4 Nov 1934, Milam County, Texas,Gender: Male, Father's Name: Lee Adley Mother's Name: Ruby Henson
  
  This is also the first source that tells us what county he was bornin.  The designation of Jr would tell us that his father, named Leehere, is also Otis (Otdies) Lee Adley.  However, I found out this isnot the case, when Patricia Williams again gave me some insiderinformation on the matter:
  "His name was Otdies Lee Adley, and his father's name was Lee RoyAdley.  The 'Junior' part came in when his mother said 'Well, thefirst son is always called Junior.'  But they did not have the samename.  The son was called 'Lee', and the father was called 'Lee Roy.'"
  
  Patricia goes on to tell us:  "Lee Roy was the son of Andrew Adley,and Andrew was the son of John Henry Adley."
  
  His father is also enumerated as Lee in the censuses of 1920 and 1930with his parents.
  
  I have not foudn marriage information, but , oddly enough, I found therecord of Otdies Lee's divorce from Shirley Ann Childers in 1972,which also gives us the marriage date:
  
  VITAL RECORDS - TARRANT COUNTY, TX - DIVORCE 1972
  http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/tarrant/vitals/divorces/1972/tarrv72a.txt
  File#   Husband                Age  Wife        Age Child Under 18Marriage Date  Divorce Date
  17250 ADLEY OTDIES L  37   SHIRLEY 28       1        21-Aug-196509-Mar-1972

Sources

• 1. Social Security Death Index
• 2. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index
• 4. Patricia Williams, genelaogy reader note
  • citing Fort Collins Coloradoan, 25 Jan 2003