DR. E. LOWELL ADAMS, 89, of Memphis, died January 31, 2008 at Baptist Desoto Hospital after a brief illness. He was the founding pastor of Graceland Baptist Church after serving for 29½ years he retired and became pastor emeritus at Graceland and Gracewood Baptist Churchs. Visitation will be on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at Gracewood Baptist Church with funeral services immediately following at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Dixon, Kentucky on Monday, February 4, at 2 p.m. He received his B.A. degree from William Jewel College in Liberty, MO; national treasurer and academic secretary of Phi Theta Kappa; ordained to the ministry in 1939 in Bismark, MO; earned his PhD & ThM from the Southern Baptist Theoligical Seminary in Louisville, KY; pastored in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas; adjunct professor of Bible Studies at Union University; 12 year member of the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Children's Homes; moderator for the Shelby Baptist Pastor's Conference; served as clerk and treasurer for the Shelby Baptist Association for 12 years. His favorite hobby was music which included instrumental and song writing. Dr. Adams was preceded in death by his wife Iola Jeanne Adams. He is survived by his two daughters, Sara Beth Stovall of Southaven, MS, and Lowella Jean Cherry and husband Rick of Hot Springs, AR; four grandsons, Adam and Aaron Clay, and Nathaniel and Clark Cherry; one great-granddaughter, Emily Clay. In lieu of flowers,memorial may be sent to Gracewood Baptist Church Building Debt Fund, Getwell Road, Southaven, MS. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN on 2/2/2008.)
DR. E. LOWELL ADAMS, 89, of Memphis, died January 31, 2008 at Baptist Desoto Hospital after a brief illness. He was the founding pastor of Graceland Baptist Church after serving for 29½ years he retired and became pastor emeritus at Graceland and Gracewood Baptist Churchs. Visitation will be on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at Gracewood Baptist Church with funeral services immediately following at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Dixon, Kentucky on Monday, February 4, at 2 p.m. He received his B.A. degree from William Jewel College in Liberty, MO; national treasurer and academic secretary of Phi Theta Kappa; ordained to the ministry in 1939 in Bismark, MO; earned his PhD & ThM from the Southern Baptist Theoligical Seminary in Louisville, KY; pastored in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas; adjunct professor of Bible Studies at Union University; 12 year member of the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Children's Homes; moderator for the Shelby Baptist Pastor's Conference; served as clerk and treasurer for the Shelby Baptist Association for 12 years. His favorite hobby was music which included instrumental and song writing. Dr. Adams was preceded in death by his wife Iola Jeanne Adams. He is survived by his two daughters, Sara Beth Stovall of Southaven, MS, and Lowella Jean Cherry and husband Rick of Hot Springs, AR; four grandsons, Adam and Aaron Clay, and Nathaniel and Clark Cherry; one great-granddaughter, Emily Clay. In lieu of flowers,memorial may be sent to Gracewood Baptist Church Building Debt Fund, Getwell Road, Southaven, MS. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN on 2/2/2008.)
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