Kathleen Adams

Kathleen Redding Adams (July 11, 1890 – June 15, 1993) was a teacher both in Atlanta Public Schools and at the Carrie Steele Pitts Home, which was a home for orphans, as well as a prominent member of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta.

Biography Kathleen Redding was born on July 11, 1890, to Wesley Chapel Redding and his wife, Ellen, the eldest of four children. The Reddings were a prominent Black family in Atlanta. As a child, she lived on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, a prosperous black neighborhood, and attended public school. After her graduation, Kathleen Redding taught at the Roach Street School in Atlanta for twelve years, and then left her public school teaching career to marry William D. Adams, a railway postal clerk.

Death Kathleen Redding Adams died on June 15, 1993, aged 102.