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Submitted: 10/1/21 • Approved: 10/2/21 • Last Updated: 10/5/21 • R460284-G0-S3
US Army
October 4, 1946-June 20, 2016
Married Nov 10, 1967
Shared stone with Myrtle Marie Holloway
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER — Jimmy Wales Adams, 69, of Wheeler died Monday, June 20, 2016.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Wheeler School Gym with Pastor Ruby Moultrie, Dale West and the Rev. Matthew Gary officiating. Burial will follow in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Jimmy Wales Adams was born Oct. 4, 1946, in Wheeler County to Carroll Porter Adams and Roberta Wales Adams. He was a 1965 graduate of Wheeler High School. He received a bachelor’s and masters degree in criminal justice from West Texas A&M University. Mr. Adams married Marie Holloway Adams Nov. 10, 1967. She preceded him in death on Jan. 15, 2008.
Jimmy was an MP during his service in the Army. He was a member of United Methodist Church. Jimmy was a member of High Plains Police Chief’s Association, Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management of Texas, Sheriff’s Association of Texas, NRA, Lion’s Club International and Texas Panhandle Peace Officer’s Association, and served as scout master for the Boy Scouts of America in Wheeler. After a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, Jimmy retired as Borger’s chief of police in 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Bobbye Carol Hill.
Survivors include a son, Jason Adams and wife Sheena Embry of Abernathy; two daughters, Stacy Adams Mansoor and husband Samuel and Stephanie Adams Garfias and husband Antonio, all of Round Rock; five grandchildren, Mason Adams Mansoor, Victoria Grace Mansoor, Carson Adams Mansoor, Milo Antonio Garfias and Simon Mateo Garfias; and his special friend, Jan Haynes.
The family suggests memorials be to Relay For Life - Hutchinson County, 3915 S. Bell St. Amarillo, TX 79109; or Peace Officers Memorial Foundation at www.pomf.org.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 24, 2016)
Contributed on 10/1/21
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