Alfred Harris Adams

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Friday morning in the sanctuary at The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Dr. Michael Youssef officiating. Burial will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, August 6th at Mayes Ward-Dobbins funeral home.

Born in Vidalia, Georgia in 1948, Harris attended Mercer University, receiving his B.A. degree with a major in Law in 1970 and his J. D. degree from Walter F. George School of Law in 1971.

Judge Adams began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Cobb Judicial Circuit where he served until 1973. He left this position to enter private practice with the firm of Sams, Glover, Gentry and Adams and practiced law in Marietta for 14 years before becoming a judge. From 1980 until 1983 he served as Chief Judge of the Municipal Court of Marietta.

On January 4, 1985, he was appointed by Governor Joe Frank Harris to the State Court of Cobb County, and was re-elected to the Court in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. He was elected by his fellow Judges as Chief Judge and served in that capacity for six years, leaving this position after being appointed by Governor Roy E. Barnes to the Court of Appeals of Georgia in 2002. He served on the Court of Appeals until his retirement in January, 2013.

Judge Adams is survived by his wife of 46 years, Claudia Hamrick Adams; his daughter, Lanier Adams Ivester and son-in-law, Philip Ivester; daughter, Elizabeth Adams-Jones and son-in-law, Marshall Jones; and son, Zachary Harris Adams.

Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta is handling the arrangements.

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