Deaconess Irma Jean Adams

To view the Service via Youtube use the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo63UN_lrs To view the Service via Facebook use the link below: https://www.facebook.com/ZandersFuneralLIVE/ Mrs. Irma Jean Furlow Adams was born on April 21, 1940, in Eustis, Florida to the parents of Oscar B. Furlow and Lucille King Williams. Mrs. Adams attended and graduated from Eustis Vocational High School. While in high school, she met the love of her life, Mr. Thomas Charles Adams. They were united in Holy Matrimony on July 25, 1961, and were married for sixty-three (63) years. During this wed God blessed them with a bouncing baby boy, Thomas Charles Adams, Jr. He also blessed them with seven (7) grandchildren and if you knew Mrs. Adams, you knew they all were the apples of her eye. Mrs. Adams accepted Christ at a very early age and was baptized at the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church under the pastorate of the late Reverend A. L. Russell where she was a member until she wed her husband, Mr. Thomas Adams. Mrs. Adams later became a member of East End Baptist Tabernacle in Bridgeport, Connecticut under the pastorate of Reverend Vernon Thompson. There she was ordained as a Deaconess and served until she and her husband moved to Clermont, Florida. Upon relocating to Clermont, they then became members of the Gethsemane Baptist Church of Eustis, Inc., under the pastorate of Reverend William Hawkins. Deaconess Adams was a faithful member of Gethsemane and was installed as a Deaconess. She was also elected the President of Pastor’s Aide and taught classes on the responsibilities and duties of Pastor’s Aides, in addition to serving as a Sunday School teacher. She loved herself some Reverend Hawkins and he loved her. Deaconess Adams instilled a good work ethic, much love, support, and kindness to her family as well as others she came in contact with. She loved the Lord and demonstrated her love for the things of God by attending her local church, in addition to the many local, state, and national conventions where she met so many people. She loved to sew and sewed many handkerchiefs of many colors to anyone who did or did not even ask. She also made wrist corsages for the Deaconess of Gethsemane. Whatever the task, she took pride in it and followed it through until the end. She was instrumental in many children going to school, and college. She would often say, “if you write me, you will get something in return”; some did and were financially blessed and of course received words of encouragement. Deaconess Adams made her eternal transition on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 4:43 a.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar B. Furlow and Lucille King Williams, her grandparents, four (4) of her siblings, uncles, aunts, Sister-in-law, and cousins. Mrs. Adams leaves to cherish her memories as well as her legacy to her loving and devoted Husband, Thomas Charles Adams, Sr.; Son, Thomas Charles Adams, Jr. (Linda); eight (8) Grandchildren: Paul Michael Adams, Brandon Adams, Mikaela Adams Bigelow (Byron), Wayman Charles Adams, Haley & Hunter Mitchell Adams, Jade Adams, and Alex Russo; two (2) Great Grandchildren: Sofia Turcios Rivera and Aria Lila Adams; Siblings: Andria Lynnie Williams, Valerie Williams, Nathaniel “ Sonny” Williams (Rentia), Daisy Furlow White, Faye King (Eugene), James Furlow, Oscar Furlow (Sharin); Brothers-in-law: Sed Adams, Jr. (Sophronia), David Adams, and Victor Newman; Sisters-in-law: Vicki L. Berry, and Retha Mae Woolfork; a special cousin, Paulette; numerous-plus Godchildren, and a host of loving relatives and friends.

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Deaconess Irma Jean Adams

April 21, 1940 - August 11, 2024