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Tilda Adams Obituary
June 13, 1927 -
January 31, 2025
JONESBOROUGH - Mrs. Tilda Marie Adams, age 97, Jonesborough, passed away Friday, January 31, 2025, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Mrs. Adams was born in Washington County, Tennessee on June 13, 1927, to the late William Marion & Trula Frances Nelson Foster. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Rhea Adams, grandchild, Jody Anderson, and ten brothers and sisters
She was a member of Mt. Calvary Church.
Mrs. Adams loved to garden and work in her flowers.
Survivors include her children, Frank A. Adams (Susan), Jonesborough, Frances Phipps, Erwin, Judy Bettis, Johnson City and Shirley Joyner (Ernie), Knoxville; seven grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 7:00 PM, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Scalf officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday prior to the service.
Interment services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Washington County Memory Gardens.
The pallbearers will be Billy Bettis, Chris Woodruff, Tom Slater, Brad Ayers, Steve Bettis, and Jesse Bettis.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.dillow-taylor.com
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, TN 753-3821
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