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Robert Barham Family Funeral HomeShirley Adams Obituary
Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Shirley Jeane Adams will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Rev. Ronnie Adams officiating. Interment rites will follow at Kewanee Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mrs. Adams, 86, of Lauderdale passed away on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Survivors include her sons, Bobby Adams, Jr. and Billy Adams; grandchildren, Bobby Adams, III, Noah Adams (Kallysta), and Destiny Adams; three great-granddaughters, Everly Nichole Davis, Luna Emerald Adams, Kensley Bozeman, and Lainey Ann Davis; niece, Linda Clayton (Cliff); and several great nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Adams, Sr; her parents, Fred and Stella Mae Harrison Joblin; and one sister, Bernice McElhanney Mosher.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.robertbarhamffh.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Adams be made to Kewanee Cemetery and/or to First Baptist Church of Lauderdale.
The family will receive guests from 9:00 until 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday prior to funeral rites at the funeral home.
6300 MS 39, Meridian, MS 39305
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