Carl Wayne Adams

Mr. Carl Wayne Adams, age 68, passed away very unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Monday, July 17, 2023 at Overflow Worship Center in Ellaville, with interment to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: Isaac Adams, Josiah Adams, Jonathan Douglas, Lonnie Ritz, Steven Lowell, and Timothy Strickland. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 16, between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 PM at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Born August 19, 1954 in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Carl Lee Adams and the late Betty Ruth O'Kelly Adams. Wayne was of the Christian faith, always putting God first, and was the owner of Wayne Adams & Sons Builders for 47 years. He was a lover of life, who liked to spend time gardening, cooking and tending to his chickens. Wayne was a people lover and a true outdoorsman, enjoying fishing and hunting, and arrow-head hunting with his wife Lori. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Johnathan Strickland. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Lori Adams; two sons: Daniel Adams (Nicole) and Luke Adams; two daughters: Ami Stephens (Jeremy) and Angela Adams; grandchildren: Codi Dozier (Colton), Lindsey Dozier (Johnathan), Jessica Ritz (Lonnie), Timothy Strickland, Isaac Adams, Josiah Adams, Huxley Adams, Zachariah Adams, and Grace Adams; great-grandchildren: Autumn Patton, Harrison Patton, and Korbyn Ritz; sister: Ruthie Adams; step-sisters: Ellen Summers and Julie Kicklighter; step-brother Ted Kicklighter; several nieces and nephews; and his faithful dog Blue Adams. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mr. Carl Wayne Adams.