Dr. Samuel Hayden Adams

Services for Dr. Samuel Hayden Adams, 77, veterinarian, will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Doxology Bible Church, 4805 Arborlawn Dr., in Fort Worth, Texas, with Tom Wilson officiating, following the private graveside service that morning at the Adams Family Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at the Lacy Funeral Home Chapel, Stephenville, Texas. Here is the link to his service: https://vimeo.com/event/4896639/4c074bf9fc
Sam was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 9, 1947, to Elmer Woodrow and Jean Hayden (Ward) Adams. He married his college sweetheart, Peggy Bell, on August 8, 1970, in Dallas, Texas. She preceded him in death on May 18, 2014.
Sam practiced veterinary medicine for over 40 years in Fort Worth, Texas, and Stephenville, Texas. He was the owner of University Animal Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, and Cornerstone Animal Hospital in Stephenville, Texas. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Missouri and then completed the program in Ranch Management from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. While at the University of Missouri, he was captain of the University of Missouri Tiger football team and played in the Orange Bowl and Gator Bowl. He was a deacon at McKinney Memorial Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, and a member of the Grace Fellowship Church where he served as an Elder, and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Sam loved hunting, fishing, spending time on the ranch on his gator, and spending time with his family. His passion was studying the Bible and sharing his faith. Sam never met a stranger.
Survivors include his children, Allison Ballinger and husband, Tony, of Morgan Mill, Texas, Hayden Tucker and husband, Mike, of Stephenville, Texas, and Lauren Adams of Stephenville, Texas; and grandchildren, Lane Ballinger, Carson Ballinger, Henley Ballinger, London Kimberlin, and Gabriel Reese. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Peggy Adams, and his brother, Gary Adams.
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Memorials may be made to Young Life, PO Box 447, Stephenville, TX 76401, or you can donate online at: giving.younglife.org/stephenvilletx
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