Adeline Likes

Graveside services for Adeline Lee Likes, 90, of Tyler will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 3:00 PM at Rose Hill Cemetery with Father Sam Boyd officiating and under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler. Adeline Lee Likes was born in Mineral Springs, Arkansas September 13, 1917 to Lawrence Sims Lee and Dell Westmoreland Lee. She graduated from Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas, with an undergraduate and graduate degree in Art. She also attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Her career as an Art Professor and Interior Designer spanned over 70 years. She was an Art Professor at Ouachita Baptist University, Rohwer Japanese Interment Camp, and a successful Interior Designer in Washington D.C. and Tyler, Texas. Adeline Lee Likes had a lifetime passion and involvement in education and the arts. She was instrumental in forming the Jr. Symphony League of Tyler and facilitated the formation of what would become All Saints Episcopal School. In addition, she was active in working with St. Louis School in Tyler. She was a current member of Christ Episcopal Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, Tyler Museum of Art, and the American Association of University Women. Mrs. Likes was preceded in death by her husband, Col. David H. Likes. She is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth Bright and husband Dr. T.C. Bright III and Lauren S. Glass of Tyler; sons, David M. Likes and wife Lissa of Arlington and Lawrence Likes and wife Mary of Seattle, Washington. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kimberly E. Kaindl of Naperville, Illinois, James Lee Bright of Dallas, Thomas D. Glass of Houston, Emily G. Glass of Dallas, Benjamin W. Bright of Dallas, Elizabeth A. Bright of Dallas, and John Paul Likes of Seattle, Washington; great grandchildren, Robert E. Kaindl, Matthew Kaindl, John Kaindl, Katherine E. Kaindl and Ellen E. Bright. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from 5:00-7:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Louis School, 2800 Walton Drive, Tyler, Texas 75701, Christ Episcopal Church, 118 South Bois D Arc, Tyler, Texas 75701, Tyler Museum of Art, 1300 Mahon Avenue, Tyler, Texas 75701 or a charity of your choice.

Adeline Likes

September 13, 1917 - May 9, 2008