adkins_abt1945

Top L-R: Dr. Edwin R. Guidry, Col. John E. Adkins, Jr.; Seated: Howard 'Bubba' Sanders, Mary Elizabeth 'Mazie' Adkins Guidry, Mary Carroll 'Rooley' Guidry, Mary Elizabeth McDermott Adkins, Margaret Lula 'Jane' Tullis Adkins, Mary Elizabeth 'Molly' Adkins, Michael Ward Adkins, Myrtle 'Ann' Adkins; Front: Mary Gaylord 'Pippi' Sanders, Antha Ann Sanders, Margaret 'Leilani' Adkins, Thomas Robert Adkins -- New Orleans, ca. 1949 -- The Col. John E. Adkins family has just returned from Germany en route to Fort Bliss, Texas.