1957
Linda
2012
Linda Adams
February 9, 1957 — December 16, 2012
Linda Preece Adams, 55, passed away on December 16, 2012 at her home in Copperas Cove. Graveside Services will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Central Texas State Veteran Cemetery in Killeen. The family will receive friends at Scott’s Funeral Home from 6-8 PM on Tuesday, December 18, 2012.
Linda was born on February 9, 1957 to the late James Wayne and Susie Pruitt Preece in Killeen, Texas as the youngest of 10 children. She was raised in Bell County Area attending school in Salado, Belton, Temple and a few others. She received her GED in 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO at St. Mary’s Adult Education, which was one of her proudest moments. She married Alan Wayne Adams (the love of her life) in Temple on April 27, 1974. She enjoyed working at numerous places while her husband served in the Army. They included First Texas Bank of Copperas Cove, Winn Dixie and at AAFES Auto Parts Store while in Europe. In recent years she enjoyed genealogy and crafts. She also taught herself to sew and enjoyed chatting with her numerous friends on the internet but most of all she loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Frankie Barrow, Betty Lewis, Pat Maxwell and Georgia Cox.
Linda is survived by her husband, Alan Wayne Adams; children, Alan Adams Jr. and wife Amy of San Antonio, Jennifer Matthews and husband Roy of Liberty Hill; granddaughter, Emma Nicole Matthews and step grandchildren, Laurel and Kyle Matthews; siblings, Ed Preece and wife Robin of Belton, Kay Benjamin and husband Lynn of Copperas Cove, James Wayne Preece Jr. and wife Lou of Kempner, Elizabeth Tegeler of St. Charles, Mo, Thelma Welke of MI; many neices and nephews.
Linda was born on February 9, 1957 to the late James Wayne and Susie Pruitt Preece in Killeen, Texas as the youngest of 10 children. She was raised in Bell County Area attending school in Salado, Belton, Temple and a few others. She received her GED in 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO at St. Mary’s Adult Education, which was one of her proudest moments. She married Alan Wayne Adams (the love of her life) in Temple on April 27, 1974. She enjoyed working at numerous places while her husband served in the Army. They included First Texas Bank of Copperas Cove, Winn Dixie and at AAFES Auto Parts Store while in Europe. In recent years she enjoyed genealogy and crafts. She also taught herself to sew and enjoyed chatting with her numerous friends on the internet but most of all she loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Frankie Barrow, Betty Lewis, Pat Maxwell and Georgia Cox.
Linda is survived by her husband, Alan Wayne Adams; children, Alan Adams Jr. and wife Amy of San Antonio, Jennifer Matthews and husband Roy of Liberty Hill; granddaughter, Emma Nicole Matthews and step grandchildren, Laurel and Kyle Matthews; siblings, Ed Preece and wife Robin of Belton, Kay Benjamin and husband Lynn of Copperas Cove, James Wayne Preece Jr. and wife Lou of Kempner, Elizabeth Tegeler of St. Charles, Mo, Thelma Welke of MI; many neices and nephews.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Linda Adams, please visit our flower store.