Sussex-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Adams, Sterling C. Sr., 2006 

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STERLING CHENAULT ADAMS, SR. 

  Sterling Chenault Adams Sr., 75, passed away Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006, at 
Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly, Va.

  Born Jan. 15, 1931, in Dinwiddie County he was the son of the late 
Julian A. Adams and Ellen A. Chenault Adams.  Sterling was a veteran of the 
U.S. Army and served during the Korean conflict.  He was the owner of Adams 
Service Station in Wakefield and a heavy equipment operator.  He was the 
husband of Virginia Grace Maifield Adams.

  Mr. Adams is also survived by three sons, Sterling C. "Chen" Adams, Jr. 
of Wakefield, Bruce Garland Adams and wife, Lenora, of Waverly, Terry Keith 
Adams and wife, Betty, of Disputanta; five grandchildren, Jake, Jessie, 
Brandee, Jordan, and Seth; and three brothers, Calvin Adams of Waverly, 
Floyd Adams of Idaho and Gene Adams of Dinwiddle.

  Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 in 
Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Va., with Pastor Joy Heaton officiating.  The 
family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, from 7 until 
8:30 Wednesday evening.  In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to 
Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department, 155 Fleetwood Ave., Wakefield, VA 23888, 
or the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890. 


Sterling Chenault ADAMS, Sr., 
service station owner & heavy equipment operator, Army veteran of Korean War, 
b. 15 Jan 1931, Dinwiddie Co., d. 7 Nov 2006, Hopewell, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 9 Nov 2006, 
"Progress-Index" (Petersburg, VA), Nov. 8, 2006, p. A-5 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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