Ben Adams

Ben M. Adams, 93, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born, Dec. 4, 1923, in Benton, Missouri, to the late Benjamin Franklin and Norma P. Termenstein Adams. Benjamin and Edith Randol were married on May 7, 1988, in Cape Girardeau.

He was a radar repair man in the Air Force, where he received several commendations for having served from 1943 to 1946.

He retired from Thomas W. Kelly High School in Benton, where he was superintendent and taught various high-school classes, including physics and chemistry.

He was an avid golfer and a member of the Kimbeland Golf Club in Jackson. He was a member and deacon of Lynwood Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Edith Adams of Cape Girardeau; niece, Peggy James of Norman, Oklahoma; wife of deceased nephew, Debbie Porter, and family of Marion, Kentucky; five stepdaughters, Maxine Abernathy of Oran, Missouri, Rose Isaacs and Sally Thurlkill, both of Cape Girardeau, and Connie Randol and Sherri Summers, both of Osgood, Indiana; and numerous stepgrandchildren, great-stepgrandchildren and great-great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and nephew, David Porter.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Morley, Missouri.

Memorial contributions may be given to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 4400 Clayton Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.