Mary Adams

Services for Mary Inez York Adams, 91, of Whitehouse, will be held on Thursday, June 9, at 10:30 AM at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike McClure officiating. Burial will follow in Whitehouse Cemetery in Whitehouse under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Inez passed away Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Whitehouse. She was born January 12, 1920 in Rains County to Thomas F. and Pearl Hassell York. She grew up in and around the Bonanza Community before moving to Tyler with her family to continue her education. Inez graduated from Tyler High School in 1939. Upon graduating high school she worked in a café where she was courted by the young man who delivered ice. This young man, Clarence E. Adams became her husband on November 25, 1940 in Tyler. The couple set up house in Tyler where Inez worked until her husband joined the Navy and she followed him to Corpus Christi. During his sea duty, Inez moved to Bowie County and worked for a short time at the arsenal. When Clarence was discharged, they moved to Whitehouse where they had a small café in downtown. While raising her family, she worked at Shahan’s Grocery and later at Dillard’s department store in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Fort Worth. Upon retirement from Dillards Inez returned to the home in Whitehouse that she and her husband had built in 1954. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, cooking, and visiting with the neighborhood children. Inez was a founding and fifty year member of the Whitehouse Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Adams was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Adams; six brothers; and one grandson, Jerry Adams, Jr. She is survived by her loving family including her daughter, Mary Stovall and husband Glen of Whitehouse; two sons, Jerry Adams and wife Cindy of Orland, California and Eddie Adams and wife Dawn of Lewisville; grandchildren, Tamara Stovall, Edward Hawkes, Gina Bullard, and Christina Adams; sister, Pearline Mahone and husband John Robert and many nieces and nephews. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00 – 7:30 PM on Wednesday, June 8, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. The family would like to offer a special “thanks” to the staff at Oakbrook Nursing Home in Whitehouse and especially to Marcus Johnson for always keeping an eye on “Sunshine.”

Mary Adams

January 12, 1920 - June 5, 2011