Elizabeth Ann Adams was the daughter of the late Joe Brown Green and Mattie Beall Green. She graduated from Toombsboro High School in 1948 where she excelled in girl's basketball, leading her team to the District Championship.
She married 1st Lt. Henry L. Adams of Maintou, OK in 1953 and left her career as a telephone operator to become a devoted Army Officer's wife serving in various capacities of the Officer's Wives Auxiliary throughout numerous United States army installations as well as overseas in Otsu, Japan and Ankara, Turkey. She was an avid bridge player for over 60 years playing with military friends along the way and with her beloved Cordele Bridge group. She was an active member of the Cordele First Presbyterian Church.
Ann was preceded in death by her siblings, Laura Rogers, Mary Bembry, Janice Forsythe and Robert Green. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Lt. Col. (RET) Henry L. Adams; her daughter and her husband, Rebecca L. and Gary Dorough; nieces, Robyn Windham, Belle Hicks; nephews, Mike Rogers, Ronnie Rogers, and Steven Rogers; a brother-in-law, Lt. Col. (RET) David Forsythe and numerous grand-nieces and nephews.
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She married 1st Lt. Henry L. Adams of Maintou, OK in 1953 and left her career as a telephone operator to become a devoted Army Officer's wife serving in various capacities of the Officer's Wives Auxiliary throughout numerous United States army installations as well as overseas in Otsu, Japan and Ankara, Turkey. She was an avid bridge player for over 60 years playing with military friends along the way and with her beloved Cordele Bridge group. She was an active member of the Cordele First Presbyterian Church.
Ann was preceded in death by her siblings, Laura Rogers, Mary Bembry, Janice Forsythe and Robert Green. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Lt. Col. (RET) Henry L. Adams; her daughter and her husband, Rebecca L. and Gary Dorough; nieces, Robyn Windham, Belle Hicks; nephews, Mike Rogers, Ronnie Rogers, and Steven Rogers; a brother-in-law, Lt. Col. (RET) David Forsythe and numerous grand-nieces and nephews.
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Elizabeth Ann Adams was the daughter of the late Joe Brown Green and Mattie Beall Green. She graduated from Toombsboro High School in 1948 where she excelled in girl's basketball, leading her team to the District Championship.
She married 1st Lt. Henry L. Adams of Maintou, OK in 1953 and left her career as a telephone operator to become a devoted Army Officer's wife serving in various capacities of the Officer's Wives Auxiliary throughout numerous United States army installations as well as overseas in Otsu, Japan and Ankara, Turkey. She was an avid bridge player for over 60 years playing with military friends along the way and with her beloved Cordele Bridge group. She was an active member of the Cordele First Presbyterian Church.
Ann was preceded in death by her siblings, Laura Rogers, Mary Bembry, Janice Forsythe and Robert Green. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Lt. Col. (RET) Henry L. Adams; her daughter and her husband, Rebecca L. and Gary Dorough; nieces, Robyn Windham, Belle Hicks; nephews, Mike Rogers, Ronnie Rogers, and Steven Rogers; a brother-in-law, Lt. Col. (RET) David Forsythe and numerous grand-nieces and nephews.
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She married 1st Lt. Henry L. Adams of Maintou, OK in 1953 and left her career as a telephone operator to become a devoted Army Officer's wife serving in various capacities of the Officer's Wives Auxiliary throughout numerous United States army installations as well as overseas in Otsu, Japan and Ankara, Turkey. She was an avid bridge player for over 60 years playing with military friends along the way and with her beloved Cordele Bridge group. She was an active member of the Cordele First Presbyterian Church.
Ann was preceded in death by her siblings, Laura Rogers, Mary Bembry, Janice Forsythe and Robert Green. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Lt. Col. (RET) Henry L. Adams; her daughter and her husband, Rebecca L. and Gary Dorough; nieces, Robyn Windham, Belle Hicks; nephews, Mike Rogers, Ronnie Rogers, and Steven Rogers; a brother-in-law, Lt. Col. (RET) David Forsythe and numerous grand-nieces and nephews.
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