Renee Adams

Renee Adams, age 61 of Gantt, AL and Crestview, FL passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017, at UAB in Birmingham, AL.  She was born in the old Enzor Hospital in Crestview on January 24, 1956, to Bill and Gladys Tolbert.  Renee graduated from Crestview High School in 1974.  Renee worked for 30 plus years as a deputy clerk with the Okaloosa County Clerk of Courts.  She was a member of the Rawls Baptist Church in Gantt, AL and she loved the youth group at the church and enjoyed playing kickball with them. Renee loved her family, loved to sew, to fish, loved to travel, but most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren and going to their sporting events.  Renee was a TEAM mother for the 1993 Baker State Championship Football team and the 1996 State Runner-Up Baker Basketball Team and was a lifelong supporter of the BAYA.  Renee proudly served as a United States Army wife and mother.  She is preceded in death by her parents, her mother in law Lillian Adams, and cousin Grady Paulk.

            Survivors include her husband of 41 years Bobby Adams of Gantt, AL; sons: Israel Adams and his wife Jill of Laurel Hill and Amos Adams and his wife Brandy of Amarillo, TX; father in law Joseph Adams; sisters: Gayle Faircloth and husband Albert, Patricia Baker and husband Allen; Penni Byrd and husband Joel.  Renee is also survived by her precious grandchildren: Afton, Sawyer, Aeden, and Brinley Adams; nieces and nephews: Jeffery Adams, Amanda Adams Morgan, Jarrod Faircloth, Justin Faircloth, Nathan and Jonathon Baker, Natalie, Asa, and Peyton Byrd.  Her Godchildren: Joshua Day and Mercedes Day Jones.  Renee leaves behind some special friends: Sue and Billy Rawls, Linda and Don Ingram, Voncile and Randel Holland, Jessica Aplin, Mack and Deborah Smith, Joyce and Jerry Hayes, Ronnie and Anita Richards, Mary Jones, Charles and Patricia Grace, Wayne and Carrie Aughtman, Doug and Kitty Simms, Bill and Sharon Anders, and Keith and Angie Day, and all the family of C&C Construction, Dozier, AL.

            A time of visitation with the family will be held at First Baptist Church Crestview on Friday, February 3, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m.  The celebration of Renee’s life will begin at 1:00 p.m.  Burial will follow at Liveoak Baptist Church cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to Whitehurst Powell Funeral Home in Crestview.  Guest book and condolences are available online at www.whitehurstpowellfuneralhome.com

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