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Ora May Adams

12/08/1932 - 11/27/2021

Obituary For Ora May Adams

Ora May French Adams, 88, went to be with our Lord on Saturday, November 27, 2021.

Funeral services will take place on Friday, December 3rd, at 1:00 PM at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, TX, with David Hall officiating.

Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie.

Family will receive friends at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, TX on Thursday, December 2nd, from 6-8 PM.

Ora was born December 8, 1932 to Ralph and Ethel French in Watertown, NY. She went to school in Louisville, NY and was in the Women’s Army Corps. She married Benjamin Warren Adams on July 13, 1955 and they had 5 kids in their 25 years of marriage.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her four brothers, Robert, Walter, Malcolm and Ivan and her daughter Debbie Stump.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are her children, Nancy Bishop of Gun Barrel City, TX, Gary Adams and wife Pam of Bowie, Cindy Kelley and husband Gary of Bowie, and Vickie Adams and life partner Vince Gray of Big Spring, TX. Her grandchildren Bobby Stump and wife Cristiane, Stephanie Bien and husband Jason, Ryan Bishop and wife Ashley, Lee Adams and wife Loraine, Rachel Glover and husband Jason, Monica Lemons and husband Troy; great grandchildren, Kennedy Harveston and husband Braden, Kaitlynn Stump, Carli Stump, Rylan Bishop, Carsyn and Cameron Dyer, Adlee Adams, Jade Glover, Aivry Lemons, Mattie Lemons, Jacy Bien and Sara Bien; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of family and friends.

At the time of her death Ora was a resident at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Retirement Home in Big Spring, TX.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Folds of Honor Foundation Department 13, Tulsa, OK 74182, or by visiting https://foldsofhonor.org.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.


Condolences & Tributes

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Miss Ora, rest for now. DANIEL 12:13

Loved and missed aunt Ora some of my earliest memories sre of you Randy vines

Thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time. May God give you strength and peace daily. Sympathy Billy & Chanda Lee

To all the family my heart hurts for you. Ora was a very special lady. Always loved spending the night with Nancy. Her mom always was so sweet to all of us. She made the best strawberry milk. Thinking of you all

Aunt Ora, you will always be in our hearts and minds. God bless you. Your loving nephew, Jeff French

Love you Momma, I miss you already. I take comfort knowing you're at peace now. Forever in my heart Love always your loving daughter Cindy🙏❤

Our staff will continue to keep your family in our prayers. We thank you for allowing us to serve your family.

White Family Funeral Home | Bowie, Texas

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