Betty Adams

Betty Adams

1924-2016

Funeral services for Betty Maurine Adams, 92, of Mineola, were held Sept. 7, 2016, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point.  Burial followed at White Rose Cemetery.

Mrs. Adams died in Tyler on Sept. 4, 2016.

She was born June 30, 1924, in Dallas.  She married Rupert Adams on Jan. 30, 1941, and they made their home in Dallas for a short while before moving to Irving to raise their five children. 

She was employed with Sears and Roebuck Company and then the Texas Baptist Home. She was also employed with the Quinlan Independent School District until she retired. 

She was a member of Christ Memorial Baptist Church in Quinlan.

She loved to cook and spend time with all her grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rupert Adams; an infant child; daughter, Patricia Gail Bowdin; grandson, Michael Bowdin; and a son-in-law, Van L. Zandt.

She is survived by her sons, James Adams of Terrell and Kenneth Adams and his wife Lorie of Quinlan; daughters, Jean Herrington and her husband Larry of Mineola and Sharon Zandt of Waxahachie; grandchildren, Tammy Stanford, Kim Hudgins, Phillip and Todd Herrington, Susan Gibson, Larry Adams, Lisa Adams, Ryan Adams, Erick and Derek Zandt, Matthew Bowdin and Heather Logan; sister, Jerry Tollett and her husband Bill of Irving; 37 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren.