Obituary of Edward Lee Adams

Edward Adams, of Lebanon, passed away on September 28, 2018 at age 83.  The Funeral Service, conducted by Reverend Danny Sellars, is 1 p.m. Monday, October 1, 2018 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN.  The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4-8 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until the service.  Interment in Wilson County Memorial will follow the service.  Pallbearers:  David Hemontolor, Tom Silcox, Michael Cowley, Bobby Brown, Henry Burnett, Buddy North, Billy Craddock, and David Baines. 

               Mr. Adams was born in Lancaster TN. He played basketball for Lancaster High School before graduating.  He was a loving father, a carpenter, and a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle church.  He loved coon hunting and was awarded for his efforts to entertain and educate others about Appalachian Flat Foot Dance and Buckdancing.

               Mr. Adams  is survived by three children, Susan (Danny) Brewington, Jerry (Bonnie) Adams, and Vickie (Wendall) Johnston, grandchildren David Baines, Jeremy Adams, Amber (Austin) Burton, Starr (Billy) Gladin, and Kendall Johnston, 10 great-grandchildren, sister Peggy (Tom) Silcox, and sisters-in-law Kathy Adams and Estell Adams.  He is preceded in death by wife Katherine Reynolds Adams, parents Dollie Kelly and Ardell Adams, brothers Robert Dale Adams, Billy Joe Adams, sister Bobbie Jean Adams, and grandparents John R. and Ester Kelly and James and Evergreen Adams.

               The family extends a special thank you to the staff and nurses and Quality Care, Kindred Hospice, and A.J.’s Flowers.  Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN 615.444.9393.