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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 449 Celebrating the life of Theodore F. Adams, Jr.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Theodore F. Adams, Jr., a veteran and active Richmond community member who was devoted to his family and dedicated to serving others, died on January 24, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Theodore “Ted” F. Adams, Jr., was born in Toledo, Ohio, and moved to Richmond in 1936 when his father, the Reverend Theodore F. Adams, was called to First Baptist Church of Richmond; and

WHEREAS, Ted Adams graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond; he studied at Mars Hill College and graduated from the University of Richmond with a bachelor’s degree in business administration; and

WHEREAS, after graduation Ted Adams joined C&P Telephone but left to serve in the United States Army in the Korean War, where he was stationed outside Taegu, South Korea; his time serving in an army airfield control tower had a lasting effect on his life; after his service, he returned to C&P Telephone, which later became AT&T, where he faithfully served until his retirement in 1994; and

WHEREAS, throughout his life, Ted Adams gave of himself by serving on the boards of the Richmond Memorial Hospital, the Richmond Memorial Hospital Foundation, Memorial Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital, and the Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross; he served as president of the Boatwright Society at the University of Richmond and of the Richmond Rotary; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by his wife, Colleen, Ted Adams will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his sons, Tray, Mark, Brad, and John, and their families, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Theodore F. Adams, Jr., a veteran and active Richmond community member; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Theodore F. Adams, Jr., as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.