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Ethel Adams Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Mar. 6, 2009.

ADAMS, Ethel Virginia Davidson, loving wife and mother, passed away on March 4, 2009, at her home in Glen Allen, Va. She was a former resident of Bluefield, Va., Welch, and Princeton. Born November 10, 1916, in Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. and Lydia Sutcliffe Davidson. While residing in Princeton, she worked at several places, including the Mercer County Sheriff's Office as Chief Office Deputy for two sheriffs. In 1965, she and her family moved to Welch, where she worked at McDowell County Board of Education for several years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton, where she was christened as a baby. She was a 50-plus year member of the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the Eastern Star while she resided in Princeton. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Oscar W. Adams; one brother, Joseph Davidson; and half-brother, James Gregory. Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Ann Adams of Glen Allen, Va., with whom she resided for the last 14 years; one son, William Joseph Adams and his wife, Dottie, and three stepgranddaughters of Baltimore, Md.; one sister, Alma Davidson Berzonsky of Frederick Md.; two nieces, Linda Berzonsky Patterson and Wilma Davidson Bowling; and her beloved dog, Coco. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the George W. Seaver Chapel of Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton, with Rev. Randy Adkins officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the service hour on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Virginia, 7231 Forest Ave., Suite 100, Henrico, Va. 23226, or to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 304, Princeton, W.Va. 24740. The family may be contacted at the home of Jim and Wilma Bowling, 1038 Hinton St., Princeton, or by phone at (304)425-4922. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seaverfuneralservice.com. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton is serving the Adams family.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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Jenny Christian (Wilson)

March 13, 2009

I worked with Ethel at the Board of Education back in 1969 or 1970. She was the sweetest, most fun-to-be-around person I think I ever met. She was always laughing about something. She was very kind to me and I'll never forget it .May God bless your family! You were certainly blessed with a loving Mother. She talked about her husband and children all the time.