Dr. John Robert "Rob" Adams, Sr., age 77, of Germantown, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2017, after an extended illness. He was born in Memphis on September 16, 1940, to Carolyn Ferguson and Albert Harry Adams, Jr.
He attended Vollintine Elementary School, Snowden Junior High School, Central High School and Southwestern at Memphis (now, Rhodes College), where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and the Lynx football team. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1964.
Dr. Adams served four years in the U.S. Army including postings at Fort Bragg, NC; Stuttgart, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy. He then returned to Memphis to complete a urology residency. He practiced urology in Memphis from 1974 through 1995. Dr. Adams was in practice with his son for the last five years of his private practice. He was a long-time member of the Medical Journal Club, American Urological Association and American College of Surgeons. He served as a member of the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Baptist Hospital. Dr. Adams was president of the staff of St. Francis Hospital in 1991.
Dr. Adams subsequently finished a master's program in Egyptology at the University of Memphis in 1998. Fascinated by history and world cultures, he spent a lifetime studying and travelling the world with Brenda Lee Brittan Adams, his wife of 59 years. He met Brenda at Snowden where they attended seventh grade together. They were married in June 1958 in Hernando, Mississippi, by their minister from Memphis. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed fishing in Alaska, hunting in Delaware and spending time at his farm in Como, Mississippi. Rob and Brenda were long-time patrons of the arts in Memphis and Germantown.
Dr. Adams leaves behind his wife, Brenda; a son and his wife, and a daughter and her husband; three grandsons; two granddaughters and their spouses; and one great-granddaughter.
He attended Vollintine Elementary School, Snowden Junior High School, Central High School and Southwestern at Memphis (now, Rhodes College), where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and the Lynx football team. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1964.
Dr. Adams served four years in the U.S. Army including postings at Fort Bragg, NC; Stuttgart, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy. He then returned to Memphis to complete a urology residency. He practiced urology in Memphis from 1974 through 1995. Dr. Adams was in practice with his son for the last five years of his private practice. He was a long-time member of the Medical Journal Club, American Urological Association and American College of Surgeons. He served as a member of the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Baptist Hospital. Dr. Adams was president of the staff of St. Francis Hospital in 1991.
Dr. Adams subsequently finished a master's program in Egyptology at the University of Memphis in 1998. Fascinated by history and world cultures, he spent a lifetime studying and travelling the world with Brenda Lee Brittan Adams, his wife of 59 years. He met Brenda at Snowden where they attended seventh grade together. They were married in June 1958 in Hernando, Mississippi, by their minister from Memphis. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed fishing in Alaska, hunting in Delaware and spending time at his farm in Como, Mississippi. Rob and Brenda were long-time patrons of the arts in Memphis and Germantown.
Dr. Adams leaves behind his wife, Brenda; a son and his wife, and a daughter and her husband; three grandsons; two granddaughters and their spouses; and one great-granddaughter.
Dr. John Robert "Rob" Adams, Sr., age 77, of Germantown, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2017, after an extended illness. He was born in Memphis on September 16, 1940, to Carolyn Ferguson and Albert Harry Adams, Jr.
He attended Vollintine Elementary School, Snowden Junior High School, Central High School and Southwestern at Memphis (now, Rhodes College), where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and the Lynx football team. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1964.
Dr. Adams served four years in the U.S. Army including postings at Fort Bragg, NC; Stuttgart, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy. He then returned to Memphis to complete a urology residency. He practiced urology in Memphis from 1974 through 1995. Dr. Adams was in practice with his son for the last five years of his private practice. He was a long-time member of the Medical Journal Club, American Urological Association and American College of Surgeons. He served as a member of the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Baptist Hospital. Dr. Adams was president of the staff of St. Francis Hospital in 1991.
Dr. Adams subsequently finished a master's program in Egyptology at the University of Memphis in 1998. Fascinated by history and world cultures, he spent a lifetime studying and travelling the world with Brenda Lee Brittan Adams, his wife of 59 years. He met Brenda at Snowden where they attended seventh grade together. They were married in June 1958 in Hernando, Mississippi, by their minister from Memphis. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed fishing in Alaska, hunting in Delaware and spending time at his farm in Como, Mississippi. Rob and Brenda were long-time patrons of the arts in Memphis and Germantown.
Dr. Adams leaves behind his wife, Brenda; a son and his wife, and a daughter and her husband; three grandsons; two granddaughters and their spouses; and one great-granddaughter.
He attended Vollintine Elementary School, Snowden Junior High School, Central High School and Southwestern at Memphis (now, Rhodes College), where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and the Lynx football team. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1964.
Dr. Adams served four years in the U.S. Army including postings at Fort Bragg, NC; Stuttgart, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy. He then returned to Memphis to complete a urology residency. He practiced urology in Memphis from 1974 through 1995. Dr. Adams was in practice with his son for the last five years of his private practice. He was a long-time member of the Medical Journal Club, American Urological Association and American College of Surgeons. He served as a member of the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Baptist Hospital. Dr. Adams was president of the staff of St. Francis Hospital in 1991.
Dr. Adams subsequently finished a master's program in Egyptology at the University of Memphis in 1998. Fascinated by history and world cultures, he spent a lifetime studying and travelling the world with Brenda Lee Brittan Adams, his wife of 59 years. He met Brenda at Snowden where they attended seventh grade together. They were married in June 1958 in Hernando, Mississippi, by their minister from Memphis. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed fishing in Alaska, hunting in Delaware and spending time at his farm in Como, Mississippi. Rob and Brenda were long-time patrons of the arts in Memphis and Germantown.
Dr. Adams leaves behind his wife, Brenda; a son and his wife, and a daughter and her husband; three grandsons; two granddaughters and their spouses; and one great-granddaughter.
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