Joan Faye Adams

Joan Faye Adams, Born December 21, 1949 in Huntsville, Alabama to John and Marion Pearl Johnson. She was one of seven children, four of which preceded her in death, and two surviving siblings; her older sister Gloria Jean Gurley (Detriot, Mich) and her younger brother Ronnie Lanier (Huntsville, Ala). She lived a life of laughter and spontaneity, traveling around the world as a military wife she left a lasting impressing on everyone she came in contact with. She LOVED her family, her motto was to give her children everything she didn’t have as a child. Joan’s biggest pleasure was entertaining; always the life of the party whether hosting backyard BBQs to dancing down the isles at the Monterey Blues Festival. She enjoyed serving her community…coordinating fundraisers for various organizations, delivering tasting deserts to the veterans at the American Legion, and always a friend to anyone who needed one. Joan had a very loving heart and strived to love the best way she knew how. She was known to everyone in the community as “Ms. Honey”.

Joan worked as a Food Service Working/Supervisor in the Military Dining Facilities aka “Mess Hall” for 20 years, she worked as a coder for 10+ years with McGraw Hill Publishing Company, and moved on to become the office manager for her husband’s business Veterans Landscape/Hauling/Maintence company.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Charlie L. Adams Sr; her 3 children Burgess Edward Lanier(Shawntel) , Charlene Laranda English(Steve), and Charlie Lee Adams Jr (Vitaelola). She has 11 grandchildren Deionte (Debbie) Gordon, Analicia Adams, John Burgess Lanier (deceased), Ariella Adams, Tatiana (Cordell) Reed, Charlie Adams III, Selah Adams, Chapel Adams, Bishop Adams, Kiara Riechers-Lanier, and Joshua Roberts. She has 5 great-grandchildren Anaias Jones, Deionte Gordon Jr, Cordell Reed Jr, Josiah Reed, and True Ermias Jones.

Joan was loved by all, she will be missed by a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.