Odis James Adair

Jim Adair passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 31, 2025 at the age of 93, in North Richland Hills. Jim was born in Dallas, Texas to Odis Jones Adair and Florine James Adair on January 4, 1932. He grew up an only child in Fort Worth, and due to his father being away from home all week as a traveling salesman, he began driving legally at age 14 after he applied for a hardship Driver’s License. He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1948 at 16 years of age. He immediately enrolled at TCU and later transferred to SMU where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mathematics.

After graduation he joined the newly created digital computing lab at Convair just before they acquired their first IBM mainframe computer. After 5 years there he moved to Bell Helicopter to set-up their computer programming department. Six years later he left Bell to start his own computer consulting business that he ran for the next 35 years.

He married Beverly Jane Still in 1954 and they were blessed with two sons. Jim was a devoted Christian, serving as Sunday School teacher, Deacon, and Treasurer at various churches over the years, but he always considered First Baptist Hurst as home and spent many years worshipping there until he was unable to attend due to declining health.

Jim was preceded in death by his wife Beverly in 2000. He is survived by his sons Jay, and wife Barbie, Cary, and wife Karen, granddaughter Shelbi Goodman and husband Charlie of Austin, Texas, grandson John Adair of Knoxville, Iowa, and great-grandson Stetson Adair. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim’s memory to Tunnels to Towers Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or First Baptist Church of Hurst. These causes were all dear to him.

Funeral service will be on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 11 AM at First Baptist Church of Hurst, Norwood Campus. The family will receive friends at 10 AM in the church vestibule.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the kind and caring staff at Holiday Lane Estates where Jim spent the last year and a half of his life. They also are very grateful for the compassionate care provided by Knights of Comfort hospice in Jim’s final days.