Della B. Adams

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial will follow at Callaway Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

Della was born on June 17, 1926 in Mokane, Missouri to the late Oscar and Ella Derleth Maddox. She had been married to Everett Thomas Adams who preceded her in death in 1996.

She enjoyed mushroom hunting and working on puzzles and she worked at the Samuels and Stride Rite Shoe Factories for many years until her retirement.

Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Yvonne Adams of Fulton; brother, Ben Maddox of Fulton; grandchildren, Kevin (Amy) Adams of Morrison, Oklahoma and Brian Adams of Fulton; great-grandchildren, James Adams, Tanner (Hailey) Vaughan, Hailey Vaughan, Ryan Adams and Megan Adams along with great-great-grandson, Hayden Harman.

She was also preceded in death by her son, Don Wayne Adams; grandson, Brice Adams; brothers, Roy, Joy, Guy, Leo, Pete and Oliver and sisters, Eva, Helen, and Margie.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzehiemer’s Association or American Cancer Society both in care of Debo Funeral Home, 833 Court Street, Fulton, Missouri 65251.