Norman "Earl" Adams, age 73, of Jasper, FL. was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. He passed away at the VA Nursing Home Center of Lake City, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He grew up moving between Douglas and Waycross, GA as a child. At the age of 17 he joined the Air Force and spent the next 20 years serving his country. It was during this time he was stationed at Plattsburg Air Force Base in New York where he met the love of his life and married her on July 4, 1959. They spent the early years of their marriage traveling with the military and raising a family of three. They resided in five states and two foreign countries, Guam and the Panama Canal Zone before settling in Hamilton County, FL. in 1976. He retired from the military in 1975 and enrolled in school in Valdosta. It was his exceptional grades that brought him to the attention of Occidental Chemical (PCS) in White Springs, FL. where he spent the next 25 years working as an electrician. In addition to his years at OXY, he also worked ten years of weekends for Anheuser Busch as an electrician. He retired from PCS in 2001. Not one to sit still, he then went on to work at Wal-Mart in Live Oak until 2004, only quitting when his disease made it impossible for him to continue. He loved fishing, gardening, and just watching the birds and squirrels in his back yard. He spent many hours outdoors with his dog Sissy not far away.
A devoted husband and son, loving father and grandfather, he will be greatly missed. He was all about family. Everything he did was for his family. He was a Christian in every sense of the word. He was the type of man who would give you the shirt of his back if you needed it. He was loved and well liked by many.

Born in Chatterton, Georgia on October 23, 1937, he was the only child of the late William Cary Adams and Betty Pauline Adams. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Juanita A. "Daisy" Adams; His mother, Pauline Adams, Douglas, GA.; a daughter, Terry Cribbs (Elton) and two sons, Gary Norman Adams and Michael Scott Adams, all of Jasper, FL.; two grandchildren, Matthew Earl Cribbs and Amber Nicole Cribbs of Jasper; three step-grandchildren, Kellie Cribbs of Quitman, GA., Elton Cribbs, III and Christopher Cribbs of Longview TX; five great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, August 20th at the First Baptist Church in Jasper, FL.

Interment followed at Chatterton Cemetery near Douglas, Georgia.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.