Roscoe S. Adams, Jr., 89, of Virginia Beach passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at the Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on October 14, 1917, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of the late Roscoe S. Adams, Sr. and Mabel McShane Adams. He is survived by his wife, Juanita White Adams, at the Colonnades; his daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Boyd Clark of Colorado Springs, CO; three sisters, Jane Lile of Richmond,Mo, Kathleen Lunsford of Roanoke, VA, and Betty Ann Rogers of Chapel Hill, NC; one brother, William H.(Harriett)Adams of Charlottesville, VA; two grandchildren, Graham Clark of Tampa, FL, and Jennifer Clark of Boulder, CO; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Shirley and Warren Hanks of Louisa, VA; and many nieces and nephews, including Kathryn Markwood of Richmond, Virginia, Steve and Kathryn Markwood of Earlysville, VA, and Paula and Jim Pippin of Charlottesville, VA. He grew up in Charlottesville and attended the University of Virginia. He served as a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was a banker, starting at the Peoples National Bank in Charlottesville. He eventually transferred to Norfolk and retired as an executive officer from Virginia National Bank, now the Bank of America. He was a member of the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church and was active in the Kiwanis Club, both in Charlottesville and Virginia Beach. He enjoyed fishing, growing flowers, and feeding the birds at his backyard feeders. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and for his generosity with his family and his community.
Roscoe S. Adams, Jr., 89, of Virginia Beach passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at the Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on October 14, 1917, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of the late Roscoe S. Adams, Sr. and Mabel McShane Adams. He is survived by his wife, Juanita White Adams, at the Colonnades; his daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Boyd Clark of Colorado Springs, CO; three sisters, Jane Lile of Richmond,Mo, Kathleen Lunsford of Roanoke, VA, and Betty Ann Rogers of Chapel Hill, NC; one brother, William H.(Harriett)Adams of Charlottesville, VA; two grandchildren, Graham Clark of Tampa, FL, and Jennifer Clark of Boulder, CO; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Shirley and Warren Hanks of Louisa, VA; and many nieces and nephews, including Kathryn Markwood of Richmond, Virginia, Steve and Kathryn Markwood of Earlysville, VA, and Paula and Jim Pippin of Charlottesville, VA. He grew up in Charlottesville and attended the University of Virginia. He served as a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was a banker, starting at the Peoples National Bank in Charlottesville. He eventually transferred to Norfolk and retired as an executive officer from Virginia National Bank, now the Bank of America. He was a member of the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church and was active in the Kiwanis Club, both in Charlottesville and Virginia Beach. He enjoyed fishing, growing flowers, and feeding the birds at his backyard feeders. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and for his generosity with his family and his community.
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