Charles D. Adams

  • Charles D. "Boe" Adams
  • A.L. Williams
  • b. June 1, 1934 - d. October 27, 2010 - howardfuneralservice.com/obituary/charles-adams
    • Mr. Adams lived many years in Atlanta and in 1978 he co-founded the A.L. Williams Insurance Company.
    • Honorary pallbearers will be Art Williams...
  • A.L. Williams
    • 1990 1111 - NP - Asbury Park Press - This Isn't Just Insurance: When A.L. Williams Pitches, Agents Listen, by Ames Alexander  ---  [BonkNote]
      • Williams now refers to Adams as the "genius" behind the operation.
      • Charles D. "Boe" Adams = "Mastermind" / "Genius" behind A. L. Williams
  • LSL - Lifetime Security Insurance of Denton, TX
  • LSL Corporation of Denton, TX
  • Progressive National Corporation, Illinois Holding Company
  • Progressive National Life Insurance
  • SEC
  • Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Georgia
    • From Leachville, Arkansas, Born in El Paso, Texas
  • TimeLine - approximate dates
    • 1954 - High School - Leachville High School
    • [Bonk: Is this the same Charles D. Adams who was involved with A.L. Williams?]
      • 1956 - SEC - 22nd Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission - SECAR - 147p
        • p63 / 85 - Suspensions Orders - Charles D. Adams, Joseph H. Neebe as the Friendly Persuasion Co., New York; Securities Act - Release No.3654 - (June 28, 1956) 
    • 1958 - College - Graduated from Arkansas Tech
    • 1958 - Arkansas - High School Sports Coach - Bergman
    • 1959 - Arkansas - High School Sports Coach - Mountain Home High School
    • 1960 - West Point - Physical Education Instructor
    • 1960-1968 - Little Rock, Arkansas - Insurance Company - Agent-?
    • 1961-1962 - Arkansas - High School Sports Coach - Bentonville High School
    • 1963-? - Missouri - High School Sports Coach - Miller High School
    • 1968-1972-? - Founder, President of LSL Corporation, Lifetime Security
    • 1974 - Bad Check - Empire Bank
    • 1975 04-1976 06 - Prison - (14 months in Federal Prison)
      • Unregistered Securities used for Collateral for Bank Loan
    • 1977 - Teamed up with Art Williams to form A.L. Williams.
      • 1990 1111 - NP - Asbury Park Press - This Isn't Just Insurance: When A.L. Williams Pitches, Agents Listen, by Ames Alexander  ---  [BonkNote]
        • With no formal business education or corporate management experience, Williams formed his own insurance agency in 1977, teaming up with Charles D. "Boe" Adams, who was earlier convicted of stock and land fraud.
  • 1990 1111 - NP - Asbury Park Press - This Isn't Just Insurance: When A.L. Williams Pitches, Agents Listen, by Ames Alexander  ---  [BonkNote]
    • The sales troops have been without their leader since July, when Williams announced that he was taking a leave of absence to cooperate with an FBI investigation into his unorthodox insurance sales firm.
    • With no formal business education or corporate management experience, Williams formed his own insurance agency in 1977, teaming up with Charles D. "Boe" Adams, who was earlier convicted of stock and land fraud.
    • Williams now refers to Adams as the "genius" behind the operation.
    • Outside his Atlanta office, Williams reportedly kept a life-size portrait of Adams, bearing the inscription "The Mastermind."
  • 1988 0211 - FR - Federal Register - 122p
    • [Release No. IC-16254; File No. 812-6678]  - Charles D. Adams; Filing of Application
    • Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
      • p4092-4093 - Charles D. Adams - On April 4,1975, Adams pled guilty to one count of a three-count indictment. US. v. Adams, No. S-74-16-cr.  (E.D. Tex. filed Oct. 4,1974).
      • This case involved the alleged issuance and sale by Adams of unauthorized LSL stock certificates.
      • Because more ten years have elapsed since the conviction, the Prohibitions of section 9(a)(1) of the Act are not applicable to Adams by virtue of that conviction.
  • [Bonk: Is this the Same Charles D. Adams who was involved with A.L. Williams?]
    • 1956 - SEC - 22nd Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission - SECAR - 147p
      • p63 / 85 - Suspensions Orders - Charles D. Adams, Joseph H. Neebe as the Friendly Persuasion Co., New York; Securities Act - Release No.3654 - (June 28, 1956) 
    • 1956 - Federal Register -
      • p40 / p4982 - Charles D. Adams and Joseph H. Neebe as "The Friendly Persuasion Company," File No. 24NY-3460 - 52p

13 Apr 1963, Sat The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri) Newspapers.com

  • 1973 1101 - NP - Denton Record-Chronicle - City Firms Named In SEC Action  ---  [BonkNote] 
  • 1973 1106 - SEC - SEC News Digest - 73-214 - (SEC Docket, Vol. 2, No. 21 - Nov. 20) - 8p
    • p2 - COURT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
    • COMPLAINT NAMES LSL CORP., OTHERS. The Fort Worth Regional Office announced the filing on Oct. 31 in federal district court at Sherman, Texas of a complaint seeking to enjoin LSL Corporation, Lifetime Security Life Insurance Company, Dynacredit, Inc.,
      Affiliated Securities Corporation, Charles D. Adams, Jack H. Browder and Reynolds Griffith, all of Denton, Texas, Sam F. Hindsman, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas and Billy J. Tucker, Dallas, Texas, from violations of the anti-fraud and false prospectus provisions of the securities laws in the offer and sale of thc common stocks of LSL Corporation and Lifetime Securities Life Insurance Company. (LR-6l25)
  • 1974 0104 - SEC - SEC News Digest - Issue 74-3, (SEC Docket, Vol. 3, No. 9 - Jan 15) - 4p
    • COURT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
      • CHARLES D. ADAMS. OTHERS ENJOINED. The SEC Fort Worth Regional Office announced that Federal District Court at Tyler, Texas permanently enjoined by consent Charles D. Adams, Harrison, Arkansas, formerly of Denton, Texas; Reynolds Griffith, Denton; and Billy J. Tucker, Dallas, Texas, on December 7, 1973, and Jack H. Browder, Denton, on December 21, 1973.
      • The orders enjoin Adams, Browder, Griffith and Tucker from further violations of the antifraud provisions, and Adams, Griffith and Tucker from further violation of the false prospectus provisions of the securities laws. The defendants consented to the orders without admitting or denying the allegations in the Commission's complaint. (LR-6l89)
  • 1974 0113 - NP - Springfield Leader and Press - newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press/149445314/ 
  • 1975 0424 - NP - Denton Record-Chronicle - Adams Please Guilty to LSL Stock Charge -
  • 1976 0917 - NP - The Springfield News-Leader - Circuit Court - Civil Cases - 
    • 1977 0112 - NP - Springfield Leader and Press -
  • 1990 1111 - NP - Asbury Park Press - This Isn't Just Insurance: When A.L. Williams Pitches, Agents Listen, by Ames Alexander  ---  [BonkNote]
    • The sales troops have been without their leader since July, when Williams announced that he was taking a leave of absence to cooperate with an FBI investigation into his unorthodox insurance sales firm.
    • With no formal business education or corporate management experience, Williams formed his own insurance agency in 1977, teaming up with Charles D. "Boe" Adams, who was earlier convicted of stock and land fraud.
    • Williams now refers to Adams as the "genius" behind the operation.
    • Outside his Atlanta office, Williams reportedly kept a life-size portrait of Adams, bearing the inscription "The Mastermind."
  • 1994 - SEC - THE TRAVELERS INC. - Annual Report on Form 10-K - For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1994 - sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831001/0000950112-95-000845.txt
    • Exhibit Filing - Number Description of Exhibit
    • 10.14 Restated and Amended Agreement of Charles D. Adams dated as of November 1, 1989 for the benefit of each of the Company, A.L. Williams & Associates, Inc. and The A.L. Williams Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's 1990 10-K.