MR. ADAMS WAS BORN IN NEWPORT, N.C., AND HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF GULFPORT FOR FIVE YEARS. HE WAS A NAVY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND RETIRED IN 1962 AFTER OVER 19 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (SIXTH AWARD), AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL (W/BRONZE STAR), ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, WILLIAM M. ADAMS OF BOSTON; A SISTER, MACIE SHEPROW OF MIAMI; AND TWO BROTHERS, GLENN ADAMS OF MOORHEAD CITY, N.C., AND GERALD ADAMS.
A SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 A.M. THURSDAY AT THE U.S. NAVY HOME CHAPEL IN GULFPORT, WITH BURIAL IN BILOXI NATIONAL CEMETERY. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE FUNERAL HOME IN GULFPORT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Published July 28, 1999 The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Ms)
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MR. ADAMS WAS BORN IN NEWPORT, N.C., AND HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF GULFPORT FOR FIVE YEARS. HE WAS A NAVY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND RETIRED IN 1962 AFTER OVER 19 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (SIXTH AWARD), AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL (W/BRONZE STAR), ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, WILLIAM M. ADAMS OF BOSTON; A SISTER, MACIE SHEPROW OF MIAMI; AND TWO BROTHERS, GLENN ADAMS OF MOORHEAD CITY, N.C., AND GERALD ADAMS.
A SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 A.M. THURSDAY AT THE U.S. NAVY HOME CHAPEL IN GULFPORT, WITH BURIAL IN BILOXI NATIONAL CEMETERY. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE FUNERAL HOME IN GULFPORT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Published July 28, 1999 The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Ms)
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