# Cecil Adams kicks the bucket. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877 "2002-06-19T15:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/1 "2002-06-19T15:31:34Z")
> [@](#): > > **ADAMS, Cecil** > Cecil W. Adams, 57, of Beaufort died Monday evening at his residence. Memorial services will be Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Port Royal Baptist Church. Mr. Adams was born June 30, 1944, in Hampton County a son of Cecil W. Adams and Bessie Smith Adams. He was a Baptist. He was a carpenter and a food vendor for Blue Grass festivals since 1991. This is from [The Post and Courier](http://www.charleston.net/archobits/today.html), about halfway down the page. I opened the newspaper to read the obits on my 15 minute break, and imagine my suprise to see **Cecil** as the first listing! :eek: Then I realized that Cecil probably never lived in Beaufort, and he probably never hawked food at a bluegrass festival. Well, maybe, but probably not for 11 years. 😃 Kind of freaky, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![lionel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@lionel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lionel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/2 "2002-06-19T15:37:34Z")
Cecil was a Baptist!? Sorta changes my whole world view. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/3 "2002-06-19T15:47:06Z")
Hey, I’m from Beaufort! Of COURSE he could have lived there, it is a wonderful place to semi-retire! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/4 "2002-06-19T15:57:38Z")
Well Rest in Peace anyway. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/5 "2002-06-19T15:59:40Z")
I can completely believe that if Cecil had a daughter he would name her Bessie Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/6 "2002-06-19T16:05:04Z")
You have a 15 minute break and you use it to read \ ***Obituaries** \* ? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/7 "2002-06-19T16:06:43Z")
[Cecil Adams] The reports of my death are greatly exagerated. [/Cecil Adams] ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/8 "2002-06-19T16:22:42Z")
In honor of his mother, of course. :rolleyes: **Knead** Who is turning his ability to misread simple things into an art ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/9 "2002-06-19T16:22:42Z")
**Damhna** , I use my 15 minute break to read the paper. I read the obituaries out of habit. Oh, and just for 😛 factor, I have two 15 minute breaks and a half hour lunch break. 😃 Can’t you see Cecil, building bookshelves in his spare time, slinging chilidogs at the bluegrass festival, and dressing up in his finest seersucker suit every Sunday to head on down to the church? Nah, neither can I. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-kicks-the-bucket/114877/10 "2002-06-19T17:31:35Z")
I wonder how many Cecil Adams there are? It kind of…disillusions me to think there is more than one.