1297L;v�6,SOLqLIOX, NO 1297
ej, your CownittGee appointed to draft a resolution of
tribute to Hon. Homer 1. Adkins in recognition of his distinguished
service in this body, beg leave'- to submit the folloyv-ing:
Homer M. Adkins was born at Jacksonville# Arkansas,, an October
lt,# 1890. He attended the public B--hools ol' Little Rock and was
a newsboy at the age of nine. -lie enterad the drug business and
continued iA this field until the entry ox I'merica Into the ',Aorld
st -i"lich time he enlis"Ced in the Arwy as a private* returning
k, -
fro_- France twenty-five months later as a captain.
After this service he becase city, salesman for Darragh S:
CoTnp:,_qy and continued is this work until hizi election as -sheriff of
Pulaski County in 19P30 whdcll office he held until the expiration
of his second term in 1W,"7.
F. stiringy tempor-,..rlly from public life,, he eng�aged In t1le general
Insurance business as a member of Vae firm of Adkins & 'Silliams. In
1930 Mr. A-1kins elected to the City Couneil of Little 7-ock rom
the Fourth '.'d-ard and readered a distingu1shed aldermanic se.-vice
until his resiognation on August 14, 1933.
Mr. kc.1kins is a 74ason Fuler of the Mks and
a past Exalted.
a member of thie American Legion. In 1.9 '1 he was married to Miss
Estelle sc,'mith, follos-ing which began a line of notable achievements.
O,zi 'Z_Uglust 15P 1933v he took the or_�th of office as Collector of
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revenue -or the District of Arknsas- T'1,4,, post is one, of •
the most importa.-it of those of the Feder, .l. Government, in tillis I'3tate-
tj,L�s i,-, 1-argely. E.. res=e of Mr. Adkins' public Servicei,
it would be impossible to sketcl.t. his per: onall't"y or recognize his
talents witn the foregoing brier fie possesses the raref't
O-L slailes aad the facility of acquiring and holing friends. His
tremendous store of Qaergy anal unselilsh In tune make bAm an extremely
valuable worker In any 9r0UP- Never is he too busy to listen or to
help.
The ratiremeat 01P Ur- Aakins fro& the Qity a
vacancy difficult to fill. I None of h15 associates could be %-adindful
of his faith!"'al, za'd alert zervice or iiis warms, infe(l,tious presence.
His departure iL just cause for regretso yet we rejoice is the new
honor conferred upon him. Our sizacere wish--and one widah we kno"M will
,�,,e success in his new public
be Gansu amated..-IS that he attair, t
work as in '.'is Past-
Adopted: August 28) 1933
Attest:
City
Approved:
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