James Collier Adams, 73, of Ojinaga, Mexico died Jan. 19, 2006 in Alpine, TX.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1932 in Lubbock to Charles Adams, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth Collier Adams.
Viewing will be Jan. 22, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. at Head Duarte Funeral Home in Levelland. Graveside services will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Steve Sellers, Pastor of St. Paul's on The Plains Episcopal Church in Lubbock.
He was born and reared and attended primary school in Lubbock. He attended New Mexico Military Institute for three years in secondary school and finished Lubbock High School in 1949. He attended Texas Tech University and Baylor Law School. He was licensed to practice law in 1956. He served as an assistant Lubbock County District Attorney and from 1961 through 1965, represented the Lubbock District in the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. He later joined the family business, Guarantee Abstract and Title Company. He was a member of Lubbock Downtown Lions Club for several years and the Sons of the Republic of Texas, Tom S. Lubbock Chapter No. 27. Mr. Adams lived in Texas all his life until about the last twenty years, when he moved to Mexico, eventually residing in Ojinaga. He died in Big Bend Hospital in Alpine of cancer. He will be sorely missed by all his family and many friends. Memorials may be made to support the orphanage he supported in Ojinaga by making donations to Albergue Casa Hogar de Chihuahua, A.C. c/o Jake Giesbrecht, P.O. Box 2528, Presidio, Texas 79845.
Survivors include sons, J. Collier Adams, Jr. of Morton, and Gary Ruben Adams of Lubbock; grandchildren, Liz Adams, John Adams and Gary Adams II; 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles Adams III of Lubbock; half-brother, Zane Scott Adams of Arlington; sisters, Martha Adams McCaleb and Nancy Adams Barnes, both of Scottsdale, AZ; nephews, Russ McCaleb, David McCaleb and Michael McCaleb; niece, Lisa Porter. He is preceded in death by his parents.
Arrangements are under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1932 in Lubbock to Charles Adams, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth Collier Adams.
Viewing will be Jan. 22, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. at Head Duarte Funeral Home in Levelland. Graveside services will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Steve Sellers, Pastor of St. Paul's on The Plains Episcopal Church in Lubbock.
He was born and reared and attended primary school in Lubbock. He attended New Mexico Military Institute for three years in secondary school and finished Lubbock High School in 1949. He attended Texas Tech University and Baylor Law School. He was licensed to practice law in 1956. He served as an assistant Lubbock County District Attorney and from 1961 through 1965, represented the Lubbock District in the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. He later joined the family business, Guarantee Abstract and Title Company. He was a member of Lubbock Downtown Lions Club for several years and the Sons of the Republic of Texas, Tom S. Lubbock Chapter No. 27. Mr. Adams lived in Texas all his life until about the last twenty years, when he moved to Mexico, eventually residing in Ojinaga. He died in Big Bend Hospital in Alpine of cancer. He will be sorely missed by all his family and many friends. Memorials may be made to support the orphanage he supported in Ojinaga by making donations to Albergue Casa Hogar de Chihuahua, A.C. c/o Jake Giesbrecht, P.O. Box 2528, Presidio, Texas 79845.
Survivors include sons, J. Collier Adams, Jr. of Morton, and Gary Ruben Adams of Lubbock; grandchildren, Liz Adams, John Adams and Gary Adams II; 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles Adams III of Lubbock; half-brother, Zane Scott Adams of Arlington; sisters, Martha Adams McCaleb and Nancy Adams Barnes, both of Scottsdale, AZ; nephews, Russ McCaleb, David McCaleb and Michael McCaleb; niece, Lisa Porter. He is preceded in death by his parents.
Arrangements are under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland.
James Collier Adams, 73, of Ojinaga, Mexico died Jan. 19, 2006 in Alpine, TX.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1932 in Lubbock to Charles Adams, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth Collier Adams.
Viewing will be Jan. 22, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. at Head Duarte Funeral Home in Levelland. Graveside services will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Steve Sellers, Pastor of St. Paul's on The Plains Episcopal Church in Lubbock.
He was born and reared and attended primary school in Lubbock. He attended New Mexico Military Institute for three years in secondary school and finished Lubbock High School in 1949. He attended Texas Tech University and Baylor Law School. He was licensed to practice law in 1956. He served as an assistant Lubbock County District Attorney and from 1961 through 1965, represented the Lubbock District in the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. He later joined the family business, Guarantee Abstract and Title Company. He was a member of Lubbock Downtown Lions Club for several years and the Sons of the Republic of Texas, Tom S. Lubbock Chapter No. 27. Mr. Adams lived in Texas all his life until about the last twenty years, when he moved to Mexico, eventually residing in Ojinaga. He died in Big Bend Hospital in Alpine of cancer. He will be sorely missed by all his family and many friends. Memorials may be made to support the orphanage he supported in Ojinaga by making donations to Albergue Casa Hogar de Chihuahua, A.C. c/o Jake Giesbrecht, P.O. Box 2528, Presidio, Texas 79845.
Survivors include sons, J. Collier Adams, Jr. of Morton, and Gary Ruben Adams of Lubbock; grandchildren, Liz Adams, John Adams and Gary Adams II; 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles Adams III of Lubbock; half-brother, Zane Scott Adams of Arlington; sisters, Martha Adams McCaleb and Nancy Adams Barnes, both of Scottsdale, AZ; nephews, Russ McCaleb, David McCaleb and Michael McCaleb; niece, Lisa Porter. He is preceded in death by his parents.
Arrangements are under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1932 in Lubbock to Charles Adams, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth Collier Adams.
Viewing will be Jan. 22, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. at Head Duarte Funeral Home in Levelland. Graveside services will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Steve Sellers, Pastor of St. Paul's on The Plains Episcopal Church in Lubbock.
He was born and reared and attended primary school in Lubbock. He attended New Mexico Military Institute for three years in secondary school and finished Lubbock High School in 1949. He attended Texas Tech University and Baylor Law School. He was licensed to practice law in 1956. He served as an assistant Lubbock County District Attorney and from 1961 through 1965, represented the Lubbock District in the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. He later joined the family business, Guarantee Abstract and Title Company. He was a member of Lubbock Downtown Lions Club for several years and the Sons of the Republic of Texas, Tom S. Lubbock Chapter No. 27. Mr. Adams lived in Texas all his life until about the last twenty years, when he moved to Mexico, eventually residing in Ojinaga. He died in Big Bend Hospital in Alpine of cancer. He will be sorely missed by all his family and many friends. Memorials may be made to support the orphanage he supported in Ojinaga by making donations to Albergue Casa Hogar de Chihuahua, A.C. c/o Jake Giesbrecht, P.O. Box 2528, Presidio, Texas 79845.
Survivors include sons, J. Collier Adams, Jr. of Morton, and Gary Ruben Adams of Lubbock; grandchildren, Liz Adams, John Adams and Gary Adams II; 2 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles Adams III of Lubbock; half-brother, Zane Scott Adams of Arlington; sisters, Martha Adams McCaleb and Nancy Adams Barnes, both of Scottsdale, AZ; nephews, Russ McCaleb, David McCaleb and Michael McCaleb; niece, Lisa Porter. He is preceded in death by his parents.
Arrangements are under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland.
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