Tom Adams
April 2, 1958 — August 2, 2006
Tom Adams
Tom Adams, III, 48, of Waco, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2006 at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Carl Willis officiating. Burial will follow in China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.
Tom Adams, III was born April 2, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan to Tom and Dorothy (Kelly) Adams, Jr. His father was a career Army Officer and lived in several states in the U.S. and Foreign Countries which included Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Mississippi, Germany and Korea. Tom accepted Christ as his Savior as a young teenager at Cielo Vista Park Church in El Paso. He graduated from Eastwood High School, El Paso, and graduated from Rice University in Houston with a degree in Psychology and Physical Education. Tom married the love of his life, Rita Chandler, in 1992.
As a young man Tom loved sports and fishing. He played football at Rice University on a full scholarship where he was selected a Most Valuable Player, defensive lineman 2 years and team captain his senior year. After graduation he remained at Rice as a football graduate defensive assistant coach. His coaching career began at Wharton County Junior College and later included Sam Houston State, Southern Methodist University, University of Kentucky and Baylor University. Tom was a defensive coach most of his coaching career and coached several All-Conference and All-American players who went on to play in the National Football League. He coached in several NCAA Bowl games during his career. Tom was well respected and liked by both his coaches and players.
Survivors include his wife, Rita; daughters, Brandi and Dorothy (Beth) of Waco; son, Branch and daughter-in-law, Edna Epperson and three grandchildren; Olivia, Cali and Camri, Frankfort, KY; father, Colonel Tom Adams, Jr. USA Retired, mother, Dorothy M, Adams, Lexington, KY; sister, Kelly Tate of Houston and brother, John P. Adams of Lexington, KY; and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, in-laws, coaches, players and friends at Baylor and the other Universities where he coached.
Tom Adams, III was born April 2, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan to Tom and Dorothy (Kelly) Adams, Jr. His father was a career Army Officer and lived in several states in the U.S. and Foreign Countries which included Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Mississippi, Germany and Korea. Tom accepted Christ as his Savior as a young teenager at Cielo Vista Park Church in El Paso. He graduated from Eastwood High School, El Paso, and graduated from Rice University in Houston with a degree in Psychology and Physical Education. Tom married the love of his life, Rita Chandler, in 1992.
As a young man Tom loved sports and fishing. He played football at Rice University on a full scholarship where he was selected a Most Valuable Player, defensive lineman 2 years and team captain his senior year. After graduation he remained at Rice as a football graduate defensive assistant coach. His coaching career began at Wharton County Junior College and later included Sam Houston State, Southern Methodist University, University of Kentucky and Baylor University. Tom was a defensive coach most of his coaching career and coached several All-Conference and All-American players who went on to play in the National Football League. He coached in several NCAA Bowl games during his career. Tom was well respected and liked by both his coaches and players.
Survivors include his wife, Rita; daughters, Brandi and Dorothy (Beth) of Waco; son, Branch and daughter-in-law, Edna Epperson and three grandchildren; Olivia, Cali and Camri, Frankfort, KY; father, Colonel Tom Adams, Jr. USA Retired, mother, Dorothy M, Adams, Lexington, KY; sister, Kelly Tate of Houston and brother, John P. Adams of Lexington, KY; and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, in-laws, coaches, players and friends at Baylor and the other Universities where he coached.
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