Rev. Dr. Clyde Adams was born January 1, 1915 in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. He graduated from East Night High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. While attending the University of Cincinnati, religion became the primary focus in his life. He moved to the Michigan Baptist Theological Seminary and School of Religion in Detroit, Michigan, where he earned a degree in Theology in 1945. He further studied at the Ministerial Institute and College in West Point, MS; where he received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Sacred Literature.
He met and married Cordia Mae Jones in Middletown, OH and their union spanned more than fifty years. To this union were born two sons Joseph and John Anthony, and two daughters Gloria Jean and Karen.
Reverend Adams pastored in Addyston, OH for five years. From Addyston, he moved to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Toledo, OH where he served for ten years and made significant contributions as President of the local NAACP Chapter. Reverend Adams came to Fort Wayne, IN in 1950 to pastor the Union Baptist Church. For nearly fifty hears he affected the face and the fate of Fort Wayne with progressive thinking and inspired and enriched the hearts and souls of his congregation with his inspiring ministry. Under his leadership the church built a new edifice at 2200 Smith Street and many services to the community were added including a computer classroom, the Head Start Program and the G.E.D. study program. He taught the Minister’s tithing class for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. for more than 10 years and also served on the Board of Directors for the National Baptist Convention.
Rev. Adams was President of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and worked closely with the late William Watson, Executive Director of the Urban League, in the courtroom fight to desegregate restaurants, local hotels, movie theaters, banks and hospitals. His premier civil rights coup, however, was the launching of a boycott against Fort Wayne Community Schools which brought about the integration of elementary school programs.
In 1978, he was at the forefront in establishing an Opportunity Industrial Center in Fort Wayne and from 1978 through 1984, with the assistance of Mayor Bob Armstrong; some 300 individuals were actively recruited and trained for jobs. Reverend Adams was instrumental in forming a rehabilitative program, One Church, One Offender, Inc. founded in 1984 with the cooperation of the Honorable Thomas Ryan of Allen Circuit Court. In 1985, he won the coveted Ecumenical Service Award given for aligning church and community, and exemplifying Christian life in Fort Wayne. He was also awarded The Liberty Bell Award presented by the Allen County Bar Association.
Rev. Adams leaves to cherish his memory, two sons, Joseph Adams and John Adams, other relatives and a host of members and friends of Union Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Cordia Adams, and his two daughters Gloria Adams-Smith and Karen Adams.
Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens
He met and married Cordia Mae Jones in Middletown, OH and their union spanned more than fifty years. To this union were born two sons Joseph and John Anthony, and two daughters Gloria Jean and Karen.
Reverend Adams pastored in Addyston, OH for five years. From Addyston, he moved to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Toledo, OH where he served for ten years and made significant contributions as President of the local NAACP Chapter. Reverend Adams came to Fort Wayne, IN in 1950 to pastor the Union Baptist Church. For nearly fifty hears he affected the face and the fate of Fort Wayne with progressive thinking and inspired and enriched the hearts and souls of his congregation with his inspiring ministry. Under his leadership the church built a new edifice at 2200 Smith Street and many services to the community were added including a computer classroom, the Head Start Program and the G.E.D. study program. He taught the Minister’s tithing class for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. for more than 10 years and also served on the Board of Directors for the National Baptist Convention.
Rev. Adams was President of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and worked closely with the late William Watson, Executive Director of the Urban League, in the courtroom fight to desegregate restaurants, local hotels, movie theaters, banks and hospitals. His premier civil rights coup, however, was the launching of a boycott against Fort Wayne Community Schools which brought about the integration of elementary school programs.
In 1978, he was at the forefront in establishing an Opportunity Industrial Center in Fort Wayne and from 1978 through 1984, with the assistance of Mayor Bob Armstrong; some 300 individuals were actively recruited and trained for jobs. Reverend Adams was instrumental in forming a rehabilitative program, One Church, One Offender, Inc. founded in 1984 with the cooperation of the Honorable Thomas Ryan of Allen Circuit Court. In 1985, he won the coveted Ecumenical Service Award given for aligning church and community, and exemplifying Christian life in Fort Wayne. He was also awarded The Liberty Bell Award presented by the Allen County Bar Association.
Rev. Adams leaves to cherish his memory, two sons, Joseph Adams and John Adams, other relatives and a host of members and friends of Union Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Cordia Adams, and his two daughters Gloria Adams-Smith and Karen Adams.
Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens
Rev. Dr. Clyde Adams was born January 1, 1915 in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. He graduated from East Night High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. While attending the University of Cincinnati, religion became the primary focus in his life. He moved to the Michigan Baptist Theological Seminary and School of Religion in Detroit, Michigan, where he earned a degree in Theology in 1945. He further studied at the Ministerial Institute and College in West Point, MS; where he received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Sacred Literature.
He met and married Cordia Mae Jones in Middletown, OH and their union spanned more than fifty years. To this union were born two sons Joseph and John Anthony, and two daughters Gloria Jean and Karen.
Reverend Adams pastored in Addyston, OH for five years. From Addyston, he moved to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Toledo, OH where he served for ten years and made significant contributions as President of the local NAACP Chapter. Reverend Adams came to Fort Wayne, IN in 1950 to pastor the Union Baptist Church. For nearly fifty hears he affected the face and the fate of Fort Wayne with progressive thinking and inspired and enriched the hearts and souls of his congregation with his inspiring ministry. Under his leadership the church built a new edifice at 2200 Smith Street and many services to the community were added including a computer classroom, the Head Start Program and the G.E.D. study program. He taught the Minister’s tithing class for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. for more than 10 years and also served on the Board of Directors for the National Baptist Convention.
Rev. Adams was President of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and worked closely with the late William Watson, Executive Director of the Urban League, in the courtroom fight to desegregate restaurants, local hotels, movie theaters, banks and hospitals. His premier civil rights coup, however, was the launching of a boycott against Fort Wayne Community Schools which brought about the integration of elementary school programs.
In 1978, he was at the forefront in establishing an Opportunity Industrial Center in Fort Wayne and from 1978 through 1984, with the assistance of Mayor Bob Armstrong; some 300 individuals were actively recruited and trained for jobs. Reverend Adams was instrumental in forming a rehabilitative program, One Church, One Offender, Inc. founded in 1984 with the cooperation of the Honorable Thomas Ryan of Allen Circuit Court. In 1985, he won the coveted Ecumenical Service Award given for aligning church and community, and exemplifying Christian life in Fort Wayne. He was also awarded The Liberty Bell Award presented by the Allen County Bar Association.
Rev. Adams leaves to cherish his memory, two sons, Joseph Adams and John Adams, other relatives and a host of members and friends of Union Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Cordia Adams, and his two daughters Gloria Adams-Smith and Karen Adams.
Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens
He met and married Cordia Mae Jones in Middletown, OH and their union spanned more than fifty years. To this union were born two sons Joseph and John Anthony, and two daughters Gloria Jean and Karen.
Reverend Adams pastored in Addyston, OH for five years. From Addyston, he moved to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Toledo, OH where he served for ten years and made significant contributions as President of the local NAACP Chapter. Reverend Adams came to Fort Wayne, IN in 1950 to pastor the Union Baptist Church. For nearly fifty hears he affected the face and the fate of Fort Wayne with progressive thinking and inspired and enriched the hearts and souls of his congregation with his inspiring ministry. Under his leadership the church built a new edifice at 2200 Smith Street and many services to the community were added including a computer classroom, the Head Start Program and the G.E.D. study program. He taught the Minister’s tithing class for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. for more than 10 years and also served on the Board of Directors for the National Baptist Convention.
Rev. Adams was President of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and worked closely with the late William Watson, Executive Director of the Urban League, in the courtroom fight to desegregate restaurants, local hotels, movie theaters, banks and hospitals. His premier civil rights coup, however, was the launching of a boycott against Fort Wayne Community Schools which brought about the integration of elementary school programs.
In 1978, he was at the forefront in establishing an Opportunity Industrial Center in Fort Wayne and from 1978 through 1984, with the assistance of Mayor Bob Armstrong; some 300 individuals were actively recruited and trained for jobs. Reverend Adams was instrumental in forming a rehabilitative program, One Church, One Offender, Inc. founded in 1984 with the cooperation of the Honorable Thomas Ryan of Allen Circuit Court. In 1985, he won the coveted Ecumenical Service Award given for aligning church and community, and exemplifying Christian life in Fort Wayne. He was also awarded The Liberty Bell Award presented by the Allen County Bar Association.
Rev. Adams leaves to cherish his memory, two sons, Joseph Adams and John Adams, other relatives and a host of members and friends of Union Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Cordia Adams, and his two daughters Gloria Adams-Smith and Karen Adams.
Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens
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