GEORGETOWN – Calvin Coolidge Adams passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Apr. 15, 2017.
He was born in Laurel, son of the late John E. and Bertha (Morris) Adams.
He was a truck driver for 40 years and retired from O.A. Newton, in 1981, due to disability. He was a Life Member of the Georgetown-Ellendale VFW, Post 2931, the Landing Craft National Association, and was a member of Franklin Lodge #12, AF & AM. Prior to his wife's passing, Calvin enjoyed traveling to Florida in the winter. Mr. Adams was a Navy veteran, serving during WWII and Korean War time, receiving an honorable discharge, with the rank of Quartermaster First Class, in 1952, and serving on the USS Tanager.
In addition to his parents, Calvin is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Jane (Bailey) Adams; and a granddaughter, Rebecca Bundick; along with several siblings.
Calvin is survived by four children, Donald C. Adams and wife Kathy, of Milford, Calvin J. Adams and wife Marcia, of Maryland, Sharon L. Rust and husband Gary, of Dagsboro, and Donna L. Bundick and husband David, of Georgetown and Florida; seven grandchildren, Katrina Gill, Jerry Adams, Patrick Adams, Toni Koontz, Abby Adams, Christopher Adams, and Joshua Niblett; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Dale Adams, of Ellendale, and two sisters, Grace M. Byrd, and Martha M. Landon, both of Milford.
A memorial service will be held at Noon, on Friday, Apr. 21, 2017, in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal St., Milton, with visitation after 11 a.m.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milton.