Adams Funeral Home

Gilmore Adams Jr., age 57, was born July 12, 1961 in Washington County to the parentage of Mrs. Katie L. Blakeley Adams and the late Mr. Gilmore Adams Sr. He departed this life Nov. 28, 2018 at his home in McIntosh.A 1980 graduate of McIntosh High School in McIntosh, he was employed and retired as a sawmill operator at Boise Cascade in Jackson.“Lil Mane,” as he was lovingly known, enjoyed riding ATVs and spending time with his family, especially his nieces and nephews. He was an avid fan of University of Alabama Crimson Tide Football. ROLL TIDE!In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Johnson.He leaves to cherish his memories two daughters, Caitlyn McClain-Adams of Jackson and Madisen Pringle of Mobile; his devoted mother, Katie L. Adams of McIntosh; six brothers, Gregory (Melissa) Adams, Terry Adams and Victor Adams, all of McIntosh, Fabian (Pama) Adams Sr. of Satsuma and Anthony Adams and Justin Adams, both of Mobile; three sisters, Mary (Winston) Barnes of McIntosh, Rhoda Lacy of Mobile and Terra Johnson of Prichard; with a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends who will cherish his memories also.Funeral services were Saturday, Dec. 1, at Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Allen Barnes Road in McIntosh, with the Rev. Craig Westry, pastor and eulogist. The interment ceremony was in Vaughn Cemetery in McIntosh.Services with sympathetic care and legendary professionalism were entrusted to Andrews Funeral Home, 800 Depot Road, Jackson, AL.Condolences to the family may be offered at www.andrewsfuneralhomejackson.com and on Andrews Funeral Home Facebook page. ...

The 9-year-old excelled in math. But she also liked riding her bike, playing with dolls, PlayStation 4 and recording goofy home videos with her cousins, according to media reports in Alabama, where Adams attended elementary school in the city of Demopolis. Instead of making plans to gather McKenzie and her cousins for Christmas, the child’s family is preparing to bury her Saturday after she hanged herself. Her body was discovered at their home in Linden, Ala., on Dec. 3 by her grandmother, family members told the Tuscaloosa News. Now, they are blaming bullying for the death, saying the black fourth-grader had told teachers and an assistant principal at U.S. Jones Elementary School that she was being harassed. Her mother, Jasmine Adams, told a CBS affiliate that the abuse appeared to have been racially motivated, directed against her daughter because she was driven to school by a white family and had developed a friendship with a white boy. On Facebook, Adams mourned her daughter’s death, writing, “My world is gone.” “She was being bullied [by] the entire school year, with words such as ‘kill yourself,’" the 9-year-old’s aunt, Eddwina Harris, told the Tuscaloosa News. She was also told, “you think you’re white because you ride with that white boy,” Harris said, and called “ugly” and other unprintable epithets. “Just die,” Adams was instructed, according to her aunt, who has turned the family member’s death into a call to action against bullying. Harris, a TV host in Atlanta, is promoting a GoFundMe page soliciting donations for “The McKenzie Foundation,” which “will serve as a source to stop” bullying, the page promises. She also endorsed the sale of $7 buttons imprinted with the child’s face and the words “Gone to [sic] Soon” and “STOP BULLYING.” “God has blessed me to help others with my platform, and now it’s ti...