Air Force veteran Charles D. "Charlie" Adams, 48, of 5100 Oak Court, a construction worker, died of cancer Sunday at his home. Visitation is all day Wednesday at Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Inverness Cemetery. Charlie is survived by his wife, Gaylon Adams of Great Falls; sons Charles and Jacob Adams of Bossier City, La.; stepchildren Carrie Davis of Borger, Texas, Brad Rice of Dumas, Texas and Jake Rice of Great Falls; his parents, Charles and Virginia Adams of Inverness; brothers Mike Adams of Sand Coulee and Todd Adams of Helena; a sister, Shelly VanWechel of Joplin; and two grandsons. The grandson are Michael and Justin Baze of Great Falls. He was preceded in death by an infant brother. Charlie was born Dec. 14, 1955, in Havre to Charles and Virginia (Richter) Adams. Charlie grew up in Inverness and graduated from Inverness High School in 1974. In 1975, Charlie enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in the Azores and attained the rank of staff sergeant. He received his honorable discharge in 1983 and returned to Montana. He took a job as custodian at Blue Sky Schools in Rudyard. In 1987, he moved to Texas to be near his brother, Mike. Charlie met his wife-to-be, Gaylon Widener, and they were married in 1991. During those seven years in Texas, Charlie worked at the Plains Creamery and at the Owens-Corning fiberglass plant in Amarillo, Texas. They came back to Montana in 1995. He began working at J-I Schools as head custodian and in October of 2003, resigned that position, moved to Great Falls and took a job with Dick Anderson Construction. In May of this year, Charlie was diagnosed with cancer. During the past month he had been cared for by his family at their home in Great Falls, where he died peacefully Sunday morning. Charlie spent most of his leisure time either hunting or fishing. He was a "cowboy at heart" with his lifelong love of horses, old Western movies and country music. Originally published Tuesday, June 29, 2004, The Great Falls Tribune Online.