Laurie Wesley Adams

RIDGELAND, Miss. - Funeral services for Laurie Wesley Adams, 67, of Brandon, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28, at Parkway Funeral Home, 1161 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Miss.

Visitation is scheduled at Parkway from 1-3pm before the service. Officiating will be Rev. Steve Wilson of Meadow Grove Baptist Church in Brandon. Kevin Upchurch will offer words of welcome, with Billy Causey providing prayer and closing remarks.

Graveside services will follow at the adjacent Parkway Memorial Cemetery.

Laurie died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Dec. 21, 2025, after a courageous eight-month battle with the rare cancer cholangiocarcinoma.

Born on Sept. 26, 1958, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Laurie was a graduate of Forest Hill High School, where she cheered for the Rebels.

After attending Phillips Business College, she embarked on a distinguished 31-year career with the State of Mississippi, beginning at the State Auditor’s Office in 1977. Her career included stints with the Mississippi Legislature and culminated in her role as assistant to the Executive Director of the State Department of Finance and Administration.

Laurie was a woman of strong and selfless faith in her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. A devout Christian, she studied God’s word and lived her beliefs in thought, word, and deed. She loved people and was cherished by her family and friends for her kindness and sweet spirit.

Her family and friends are confident that Laurie was greeted in Heaven with the words of Matthew’s Parable of The Talents: “Well done, thy good and faithful servant.”

She enjoyed working in her yard and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Laurie was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a longtime member of Meadow Grove Baptist Church in Brandon.

Survivors include: her husband, Kent Adams, Brandon; daughter, Allison Siddall (Scott), of Starkville; son, Wesley Noble (Audrey), of Brandon; stepdaughter, Anna Adams, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; grandchildren, Lucy Noble and Harbor Noble, of Brandon; and sister, Debbie Barrett, of McKinney Texas.

Laurie was preceded in death by her parents, father Lera Maron “Wes” Wesley, mother Eleanor Tidwell Wesley, and beloved infant grandson Lake Bradley Noble, with whom he and his “Lala” are joyfully reunited.

Pallbearers are Wesley Noble, Scott Siddall, Miguel Angel Molina, Taylor Leddy, Joe Gautreaux, Zack Coleman, and Kevin Upchurch.

The family sincerely appreciates the compassionate care that Laurie received from Dr. Tammy Young (Jackson Oncology), Dr. Miland Javle (MD Anderson), The nurses at Baptist Hospice, and hospice caregiver Dorothy Helm, as well as the many calls, visits, and other kindnesses to her from family, friends, and former colleagues during her illness.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.