Charlotte Jo Adams' Obituary
Charlotte Jo Adams was born on September 3, 1931 near Paris, Texas in the small community of Pattonville and passed away May 11, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Joe Adams, parents Morris and Alice Mae Carroll, brother Travis Carroll, sister Martha Dodson and daughter Julie Ann Matthews. She is survived by sons Andy Adams and wife Cindy, and Gary Adams and wife Carla. Grandchildren Ashley Newman and husband Kenny, Blair Lane and wife Miranda, and Brooks Lane and wife Brooklyn. Great-grandchildren Kelly and Keira King, Jesse Newman and Maddox Lane. She enjoyed spending time with family, reading, and doing Bible correspondence courses. She is loved and will be dearly missed.
Charlotte spent her childhood in the small community of Sugar Hill. She grew up in a large family with three brothers, one sister, her grandma Stuart, Uncle Brooks (and cousin Joe some of the time). She graduated from Paris High School in 1948 and left home to work in Houston as a Southwestern Bell operator. A year later, she was transferred to Dallas. She met Bob Adams in Dallas while he was on weekend leave from Fort Hood. They dated for a while and married on February 5, 1955. They started a family in 1956 and moved to Mesquite with their two sons Andy and Gary in 1958, with daughter Julie completing the family in 1960. After raising her kids, she earned her BS and MS in Elementary Education and taught kindergarten in Mesquite for 18 years. She and Bob moved from their small house in Mesquite to a larger house in Forney in 1984. Charlotte retired from teaching in 1998.
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