Jack Adams

Adams, Jack

GLADEWATER -- Services for Jack Adams, 74, of Dallas, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16,

2006, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel of Gladewater, with Buddy Mills officiating.

Burial will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. Born August 9, 1931, in Gladewater, Texas,

to Ben F. and Nannie Leo Adams, he died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, after a brief illness.

He was a 1949 graduate of Gladewater High School and attended Kilgore College. A veteran

of the United States Air Force, he was stationed in the Philippines during the Korean War.

He received a bachelor of arts degree, a master of science degree and a master of education

degree from East Texas State University. On July 23, 1960, he married Anecia Vessels. His

teaching career began in Crozier Tech High School, and then he became coordinator of the

Dallas Skills Center. Later he was the director of Adult Education at Skyline High School,

retiring in 1980. He was a member of the Tejas Social Club, the Gladewater Masonic Lodge 852,

Texas State Teachers Association and the National Education Association. He is survived by

his wife, Anecia Vessels Adams of Dallas; three daughters, Angelia Jae Edwards of Sumner,

Karla Lynn Adams of Dallas, and Kecia Renee Adams-Wright of Keller; four granddaughters,

Jenny Lynn, Presley Blair, Harmony Gabrielle and Melody Isabelle Edwards; two sisters,

Helen Thomas and Jo Nell Lucky, both of Gladewater; three nieces, Brenda Brackeen of

Gladewater, Jody King and Marti McGahn, both of Cleveland; and three great-nephews and

three great-nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, J.G. Adams.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, specified for pancreatic cancer

research, P.O. Box 906, Longview, Texas 75606. The family will receive friends from 7-9

p.m. Monday, May 15, 2006, at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 5/14/2006.

Gladewater Mirror

May 18, 2006

Jack Adams

Funeral services for Jack Adams, 74, of Dallas, were held on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at

Croley Funeral Home Chapel of Gladewater, with Buddy Mills officiating. Burial followed

in Gladewater Memorial Park.

Born on August 9, 1931, he died on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. He was a veteran of the

United States Air Force stationed in the Philippines during the Korean War. He also was

a member of the Tejas Social Club, the Gladewater Masonic Lodge 852, Texas State Teachers

Association, and the National Education Association.

Arrangements were under the direction of Croley Funeral Home of Gladewater.