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Rev John Hines Adams Sr.

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Rev John Hines Adams Sr.

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
9 Apr 2010 (aged 72)
Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Note: This may be a memorial stone, with burial at Brewton Cemetery, Hagan, Georgia. See memorial 139148970.

Obituary published in The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) April 13, 2010
The Reverend John Hines Adams, 72, a retired Baptist minister who served in churches across the Southeast and in Central America, died Friday April 9, 2010 at his home in Murfreesboro, NC. He had cancer.

Adams began his ministry at the Chaplin Fork Baptist Church in Chaplin, KY while a student at the Southern Baptist Seminary. He served as pastor of Parkway Baptist Church in Chester, SC and Beechlawn Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA. He served North Carolina churches as well including Winton Baptist; Manteo Baptist; Blackwell Memorial Baptist in Elizabeth City; Eureka Baptist in Corapeake; Mars Hill Baptist in Colerain; Holly Grove Baptist in Ahoskie; North Henderson Baptist in Henderson; and Connaritsa Baptist in Aulander where he was pastor at the time of his death.

Adams received additional chaplain training at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC and studied the Spanish language at El Instituto de Lengua de Espanola in San Juan, Costa Rica. Following their language study, Adams and his wife Martha Jean served as Southern Baptist missionaries in David, Panama and Isla Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Survivors include: his wife of 48 years, Martha Jean Morris Adams; one son, John Hines Adams, Jr. and his wife, Sarah Temple Adams of Wayne, PA; one daughter, Jean Karole Adams Meares and her husband, Danny Meares of Raleigh; four granddaughters, Madison Randolph Adams, Lane Elizabeth Adams, Bella Peyton Meares and Ava Gracyn Meares; one brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. L. Adams of Dublin, GA; 12 nieces and nephews.

A memorial serviced conducted by Dr. Lee Canipe, pastor of Murfreesboro Baptist Church, will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Connaritsa Baptist Church in Aulander, NC. The family will receive visitors in the front of the sanctuary from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, NC is assisting the family with arrangements.

Another memorial service to be conducted by the Reverend David Blalock will be held at Brewton-Parker Cemetery in Claxton, Georgia on May 2, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

In lieu of Flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to: Hospice, 521 West Myers Street in Ahoskie, NC 27910.

Online condolences may be made by visiting www.miller-fhc.com.
Note: This may be a memorial stone, with burial at Brewton Cemetery, Hagan, Georgia. See memorial 139148970.

Obituary published in The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) April 13, 2010
The Reverend John Hines Adams, 72, a retired Baptist minister who served in churches across the Southeast and in Central America, died Friday April 9, 2010 at his home in Murfreesboro, NC. He had cancer.

Adams began his ministry at the Chaplin Fork Baptist Church in Chaplin, KY while a student at the Southern Baptist Seminary. He served as pastor of Parkway Baptist Church in Chester, SC and Beechlawn Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA. He served North Carolina churches as well including Winton Baptist; Manteo Baptist; Blackwell Memorial Baptist in Elizabeth City; Eureka Baptist in Corapeake; Mars Hill Baptist in Colerain; Holly Grove Baptist in Ahoskie; North Henderson Baptist in Henderson; and Connaritsa Baptist in Aulander where he was pastor at the time of his death.

Adams received additional chaplain training at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC and studied the Spanish language at El Instituto de Lengua de Espanola in San Juan, Costa Rica. Following their language study, Adams and his wife Martha Jean served as Southern Baptist missionaries in David, Panama and Isla Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Survivors include: his wife of 48 years, Martha Jean Morris Adams; one son, John Hines Adams, Jr. and his wife, Sarah Temple Adams of Wayne, PA; one daughter, Jean Karole Adams Meares and her husband, Danny Meares of Raleigh; four granddaughters, Madison Randolph Adams, Lane Elizabeth Adams, Bella Peyton Meares and Ava Gracyn Meares; one brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. L. Adams of Dublin, GA; 12 nieces and nephews.

A memorial serviced conducted by Dr. Lee Canipe, pastor of Murfreesboro Baptist Church, will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Connaritsa Baptist Church in Aulander, NC. The family will receive visitors in the front of the sanctuary from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, NC is assisting the family with arrangements.

Another memorial service to be conducted by the Reverend David Blalock will be held at Brewton-Parker Cemetery in Claxton, Georgia on May 2, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

In lieu of Flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to: Hospice, 521 West Myers Street in Ahoskie, NC 27910.

Online condolences may be made by visiting www.miller-fhc.com.

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