Dorothy Jean Adams

Dorothy Jean Adams, 77 of Grand Ridge, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Jackson Hospital. A native of the Community of Shady Grove in Grand Ridge, Mrs. Adams was born in Jackson County. After graduating from Grand Ridge High School, she worked for the telephone company in Tallahassee. In 1954, she married her high school sweetheart, Royce H. Adams who then joined the United States Air Force. During their life together, they resided in Savannah, Georgia; the Canal Zone in the country of Panama; Colorado Springs, Colorado and Panama City, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband Royce H. Adams; her father, Mr. Charles "Charlie" Clifford Robbirds; her mother, Mrs. Essie Louise Robbirds; her brother, Mr. Roy Clifford Robbirds; and her brother Mr. Charles Clayton Robbirds. Survivors include her sister, Mrs. Jan Lambert of Shady Grove, FL; her brother, Mr. James L. "Woody" Robbirds of Sneads, FL; her son, Mr. Charles D. Adams of Navarre, FL; her daughter, Mrs. V. Debra Saphire of Dearborn, MO; her daughter Sandi R. Adkins, of Sneads, FL. Survivors also include 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at Shady Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church, at 12pm on Saturday, January 18, 2014 with Pastor Gary Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Shady Grove Cemetery with James & Sikes Funeral Home directing. The family request that donations be made to Covenant Hospice in lieu of flowers. ( www.covenanthospice.org .)