VINITA, Dec. 4—Services for Dr. Felix Adams, Eastern State
hospital superintendent who died Saturday, will be held at 2
p.m. Monday in the hospital’s recreation hall at Vinita with
burial in Fairview cemetery there.
Dr. Adams, hospital superintendent since its opening in
1913, died of a heart ailment after a six-week illness.
The only superintendent the hospital ever had, Dr. Adams had
figured prominently in Oklahoma’s mental health program
since his appointment by Gov. Lee Cruce in 1912.
His efforts helped gain national recognition for the state’s
progress in the mental health field. He was named to the
Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1954, and at his death was the
oldest mental hospital superintendent in the nation in point
of continuous service.
A native of Celeste, Texas, Dr. Adams received his medical
training at Baylor university, Barnes medical school in St.
Louis and the Neurological institute in New York City. He
was a psychiatrist. Dr. Adams practiced medicine six years
in Big Cabin, Okla., before taking over the Vinita hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mamie, of the home; two sons,
Dr. Felix Adams jr., and John Adams, both of Vinita; and one
daughter, Mrs. Phil Salkeld, Quanah, Texas.
From
The Oklahoma, 12/5/1955
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
