Obituary of Carrie Louise Nelson McAdams Ford ~ 2011

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn

Source: New Bern Sun Journal Apr 1 2011

GREENSBORO - Carrie Louise Nelson McAdams Ford passed away peacefully 
Sunday, March 27, 2011.  Her funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. 
Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Christ United Methodist Church followed by 
interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.  
She was born in Oriental in Pamlico County and the daughter of Harvey and 
Sadie Nelson. She had a wonderful childhood growing up in Oriental and 
made many lifelong friends. She graduated from Oriental High School and 
attended Louisburg College. She then supported our troops while working 
at Cherry Point during WWII.
She then moved to Greensboro where she met and married the love of her 
life, husband T.A. McAdams. They were proud to be charter members of 
Christ United Methodist Church where she was a long time member of Circle 
7. She loved her family and had a special compassion for all animals and 
their welfare.  She spent many fun hours playing golf with her friends, 
the "Gay Niners" at Starmount, reinventing the game of golf.  
After the passing of her first husband, she was blessed with her marriage 
to long time friend Louis E. Ford (Lou).
She was preceded in death by her husbands, T.A. McAdams Jr. and Louis E. 
Ford.
She is survived by her children, Janis McAdams Bush and her husband, Marc, 
of Greensboro, Thomas Addison McAdams III and his wife, Laura, of the 
Cayman Islands, Julie McAdams Dorn and her husband, John, of Summerfield; 
grandchildren, Mary Alyson and Hayley Ann Bush, Kristina McAdams Stickler, 
Megan Elizabeth, Jennifer Lynn, and Thomas Addison McAdams IV; John 
Addison Dorn; and three great-granddaughters.





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