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Listen: The World ProgramCasket of former Supreme Court Justice James C. Adkins lying in state at the Supreme Court Building in Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, S 2205
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Death rites
Funeral traditions
Manners and customs
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Funeral service
Government officials
Courts--Officials and employees
Judges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Ex-judges--Death
Rites--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Belief and custom
Lying in state
Coffins
Personal Subjects
Adkins, James C. (James Calhoun), 1915-1994 -- Death and burial
Barnes, Wilson E.
Bevis, Rocky
Grimes, Steve (Stephen Henry), 1927-
Lawrence, Alcia
Lawrence, David
Lawrence, Devin
Lawrence, Kristi
Lawrence, Leigh
Lawrence, Melissa
Lawrence, Michelle
Lawrence, Pam
Lawrence, Pamela
Lawrence, Rachel
Lawrence, Ray
Lawrence, Steve
McDonald, Parker Lee, 1924-2017
McDonald, Ruth
Newell, Ronald
Newton, John D. C.
Overton, Ben F. (Benjamin Frederick), 1926-2012
Rabe, Karin
Rabe, Mary
Stanton, Dianne
Stanton, James Adkins
Wells, Charles T., 1939-
Wells, Linda F.
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "Beside and in front of casket from left to right: John D. C. Newton, Esq., former law clerk; Pam Lawrence, Ray's wife; Rachel Lawrence, Ray's daughter; Devin Lawrence, David's son; Kristi Lawrence, Steve's daughter; Pamela Lawrence, Steve's wife; Leigh Lawrence, Steve's daughter; Melissa Lawrence, Ray's daughter; James Adkins Stanton, Justice Adkins' son; Dianne Stanton, James Adkins Stanton's wife; Ray Lawrence; Beth Adkins-Mrs. James C. Adkins; Steve Lawrence."
"Next row from left to right: David Lawrence; Alicia Lawrence, David's wife; Baby daughter Michelle Lawrence (only top of head visible)."
"In back of David from left to right: Karin Rabe, Beth Adkins' niece; Mary Rabe, Beth Adkins' sister."
"To right of Seal: Rocky Bevis, Bevis Colonial Funeral Home."
"Background: Security Guard Ronald Newell; Linda F. Wells; Justice Charles T. Wells; Ruth McDonald; Chief Justice Stephen H. Grimes; Marshal Wilson Barnes; Justice Parker Lee McDonald and Justice Ben F. Overton."
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