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He engaged in the practice of law from 1913 to 1942 with partners James Oliver Modisette, Minos D. Miller, Jr., and Walter C. Peters, the latter two of whom became the first judges of the 31st Judicial District Court. Adams organized and served as counsel for several private and public corporations. He was a charter member of the Jennings Rotary Club and was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star, Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the First [[Baptist]] Church. On April 3, 1924, he wed the former Lillian Elizabeth Unroe in Jennings when he was thirty-nine. She was the daughter of James Buchanan Unroe and the former Anna Maria March. He died in Jennings at the age of ninety-five and is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-a/|title=Adams, Wallace Holly|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
He engaged in the practice of law from 1913 to 1942 with partners James Oliver Modisette, Minos D. Miller, Jr., and Walter C. Peters, the latter two of whom became the first judges of the 31st Judicial District Court. Adams organized and served as counsel for several private and public corporations. He was a charter member of the Jennings Rotary Club and was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star, Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the First [[Baptist]] Church. On April 3, 1924, he wed the former Lillian Elizabeth Unroe in Jennings when he was thirty-nine. She was the daughter of James Buchanan Unroe and the former Anna Maria March. He died in Jennings at the age of ninety-five and is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-a/|title=Adams, Wallace Holly|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Fred and Ruth Zigler]], business and civic figures in Jennings
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