Charles Kenneth Adams

"View this Memorial Tribute" Mr. Charles Kenneth Adams, 69, 168 Maple Tree Lane, Watauga died Friday, May 8, 2009 in the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Adams was a native of Vineland, NJ and had lived in Watauga since 1994. He was the son of the late Charles Victor and Mary Alice Saylor Adams. He was a graduate of Vineland High School; attended and graduated from Cumberland County College in Vineland, NJ with a Criminal Justice Degree. Mr. Adams was retired as a Police Lt. from Vineland, NJ and he had driven a school bus for the Carter County School System. He was a member of True Gospel Baptist Church and was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Police. Mr. Adams was a U.S. Navy veteran.     In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Ann Adams. Survivors include his wife, Wilma Keplinger Adams, of the home; four daughters, Donna Holden, Darlene Bacon, Danine Adams and Dayna Quiles and her husband Mark, all of New Jersey; a son, David Adams and his wife Christine, Georgia; seven grandchildren, Deja Adams, Kesley Adams, Brianna Holden, Brittney Holden, Rachel Bacon, Caden Quiles and Jace Quiles; two step-daughters, Patsy Childress, Elizabethton and Tina Gibson and her husband Silas, North Carolina; a step-son, Gary Presnell, Jonesborough; seven step-grandchildren, Nate Childress, Chelsea Childress, John Presnell, Luke Presnell, Sierra Presnell, Dustin Shaffer and Aaron Gibson; a sister, Joan Yacovelli, New Jersey and a brother, Robert Adams and his wife Marge, New Jersey. Several nieces and nephews also survive.     Funeral service for Mr. Charles Kenneth Adams will be conducted at 6:00 P.M. Sunday, May 10, 2009 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Dean Presnell officiating. Music will be under the direction of Patsy, Tina and Sierra. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00-6:00 P.M. on Sunday prior to the funeral service or at the residence, 168 Maple Tree Lane, Watauga at other times.     Graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Monday, May 11, 2009 in Keplinger Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the American Legion Post #49. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Saylor, Bob Carroll, Pilho Chapman and Robert “Bob” Adams. Everyone will meet at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home at 9:00 A.M. on Monday to go in procession to the cemetery.Read Obituary