Bennie J. Adams

Mr. Bennie Junior Adams, age 84, of Canaan, Indiana near Cross Plains entered this life on January 5, 1937 in Trimble County, Kentucky near Milton. He was the loving son of the late James Daniel Adams and Mary Louise Hammons Adams Leach. He was raised in Trimble County and moved to the farm in 1967. He married the love of his life, Louise Morris, on May 27, 1955 in Madison, Indiana. This happy union of 58 years was blessed with one son, David, and a daughter, Susan. He worked 44 years for the U.S. Shoe Corporation at its Vevay, Madison, Osgood, and Crothersville sites before retiring. He enjoyed farming and trap shooting. He started a Harness and Leather Shop and enjoyed the work there and his many customers. Bennie died on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 12:21 a.m. at the St. Elizabeth Hospice Center in Edgewood, Kentucky.

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A LOVING FAMILY Bennie will be missed by his loving son, David Adams and his wife, Nancy of Canaan, Indiana; his loving daughter, Susan Shackleford and her husband, Steve of Vevay, Indiana; his grandchildren, Steven (Jessie), Lori (Scott), Rhea Jean (Ben), Alesha (Fred), Ray and Chris; his great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Brook, Amber, Abby, Olivia, and Liam; his half sisters, Linda Curtis of Ashland City, Tennessee, Sheila Scott and her husband, Ron of Madison, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, James Daniel Adams, his mother, Mary Louise Hammons Adams Leach, his brothers, Billy J. McDole, James Edward Adams and Vernon L. Adams,, his sisters, Dorothy Whitehead and Vickie Adams, his beloved wife of 58 years, Louise Morris Adams, died February 10, 2014 and his great granddaughter, Lacy Cook.

FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 30, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Scott Elston at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2632 Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Hebron Cemetery in Madison, Indiana.

VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2632 Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana.

MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation or the Alzheimer's Association. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover or at the church. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com

COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONSDUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION DEALING WITH COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WITH THE RESULT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IS NOW DECLARED A RED ZONE, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIVES FROM GOVERNOR HOLCOMB AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CONCERNING LARGE EVENTS AND MASS GATHERINGS. WE ARE LIMITED TO 25 AT A TIME INSIDE AND THE USE OF MASKS AND PROPER SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. THE FAMILY DEEPLY APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT AND LOVE SHOWN FROM FRIENDS. THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS OF TOP PRIORITY. THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE FAMILY AND OUR REQUIREMENTS. YOUR FRIENDS AT MORGAN & NAY FUNERAL CENTRES OF MADISON AND HANOVER.

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