Mr. John Henry Adams
Mr. John Henry Adams, 89, Cedartown, passed away Sept. 4, 2006. He was born on June 18, 1917 in Coal City, Ala. Mr. Adams was a member of Broken Arrow Baptist Church in Coal City, Ala. and attended Harmony Baptist Church in Cedartown. He worked with H.E. Hennigh Construction Company for 53 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Adams; parents, William Henry Adams and Letha Benefield Adams; sisters, Bessie Welch, Maudie Smith, Myrtice Campbell and Lucille Ray; brothers, Sam Adams. John Adams and Lee Adams; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Helen L. Adams; daughters and sons-in-law Sandra Adams Tant and William Tant and Betty Adams Oliver and Seals Oliver; sons and daughters-in-law, William "Bo" Adams and Janice Adams and Danny Adams and Deborah Adams and step-daughters, Patricia Heron and Jan Argo. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grand children, one great-great-granddaughter, five stepgrandchildren, seven stepgreat-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. James Glaze officiating. Interment followed in the Polk Memory Gardens. Pallbearers were: Darrin Kines, W.J. Cole, Tim Tuck, Robert Mullinax, Darrell "Scooter" Stephens and Danny O'Neal. Honorary pallbearers were Mr. Adams' grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren. The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. (The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, September 7, 2006)

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