Obit of Adams, Della May (a352) - Grady County, Oklahoma
 
Transcribed by:  Gene Phillips  <genephillips@usa.net>  17 Mar 2004
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::Highland Cemetery--Pawnee OK

April 02. 2002

Della May Adams
Della May Ridley Adams, 85, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, in Pawnee. 
Services, with Rev. Tom Scott presiding, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the 
First Christian Church in Pawnee. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in 
Pawnee. Poteet Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. 

She was born in Rush Springs Sept. 5, 1916, to Grover M. and Maud (Shakleford) 
Ridley.

She married C.G. "Bill" Adams in Oklahoma City Oct. 19, 1938. They moved to 
Pawnee from Morrison in November 1975.

She was a member of the First Christian Church in Pawnee. She was also a member 
of the Oak Grove Club. The love of her life was her grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.

She also enjoyed baking hot rolls, cobblers and pies for school clubs, Masons 
and Dr. Laird's office.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a daughter, Janetta Brown; 
brothers, Hugh, Harl, Jay and Bat Ridley; and a sister, Sue Carter. 

She is survived by her husband of Pawnee; children, Georganna Childress of 
Edmond, Grover "Bud" Adams of Altus, Sandra Reigles of Boise, Idaho, Lanetta 
Henry of Morrison, Dora Mae "Pinky" Miles of Cushing, and Charlie Adams of 
Laverne; sisters, Winnie Alley of Pawnee, Ruby Roberson of Pampa, Idaho, and 
Dora Lee Roger of Grandview, Idaho; brother Wayne "Alec" Ridley of Grandview, 
Idaho; nine grandsons, nine granddaughters, 13 great-grandsons and five great-
granddaughters and a number of 
other relatives and many friends. 
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