Mildred Kay McAdams

Kay was born in 1937 to Martha and William Franklin Anderson in Toulminville, AL, a suburb of Mobile, AL. Kay had a very busy life. After graduating from high school in 1955, she was employed at Brookley Air Force Base. Later, she went to work for the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1969 the family moved to Dothan, AL. She worked at Dothan Nursing Home. In 1970 the family moved to Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada for her husband, Ray, to accept a position as Transportation Manager for a paper company, Fraser Paper Ltd. She would later work for that paper company. In 1980 the family moved to Ashdown, AR, where her husband, Ray, and son, David, started work for the local paper company. In 1982, Kay started nursing school at William Buchanan School of Nursing on the Texarkana Community College campus. She graduated in 1986 as a registered nurse.

Kay’s greatest gift in life was her family. Her hobbies were gardening and painting. Her paintings are scattered about four countries.

She was preceded in death by two sons, infant Jonathan Ray McAdams and years later, Jonathan Craig McAdams. Also, by siblings, sisters Connie Howell and Gin Williams and brother, William Franklin Anderson, Jr.

She is survived by husband of 69 years, Ray McAdams and son, David McAdams.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 1:00pm at First United Methodist Church in Ashdown with Bro. Jim Cross officiating. Visitation will begin at noon, one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Wilmer Cemetery on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 10:00am in Wilmer, AL.