Mrs. Adams was a homemaker, enjoyed sewing, and was a member of the Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Paul Adams; parents, Alfred Lee and Mary Abigail Benningfield Malone; brother, Harold Malone; sisters, Margaret Elma Walker, Mary Agnita Cerneglia, Judy Hamilton, Dorothy Borders.
Survivors include three sons, John Barry Adams (Judy), of Lebanon, KY, Paul Anthony Adams and Joseph Gerard Adams, both of Bardstown, KY; five daughters, Donna Maria Adams, of Louisville, KY, Laura Ann Adams Dunlevy (Roger), of Sellersburg, IN, Ramona Ann Adams Smith (David), of Birmingham, AL, Marcia Jean Adams Whitehouse (Terry), of Alpharetta, GA, Mary Ellen Adams Lindberg (David), of Crestwood, KY; two brothers, Joseph Clellan Malone (Debbie) and John Robert Malone (Rita Ann), both of Louisville, KY; three sisters, Sr. Mary Alfreda Malone, of Maple Mount, KY, Mary Aretha Reckley (Tom), of Tarzana, CA, Wanda Ruth D'Angela, of Boston, KY; thirteen grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, KY, celebrated by Rev. Terry Bradshaw. Interment to be in St. Augustine Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Bosley Funeral Home. Prayer Services will be held at 7:00 Thursday evening by Deacon Joseph R. Dant.