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Floy Frances Lewis Adams

29 Dec 1928 – 3 Oct 2025

Birth29 Dec 1928
Death3 Oct 2025
CemeteryMount Olivet Cemetery
Fort Worth , Tarrant County , Texas , USA
Added byShari on 07 Oct 2025
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Bio

Frances' obituary may be viewed at the Greenwood Funeral Home website. (What follows is additional information.) Frances (as she was always known, for she detested her first name) was born at home on the family's rented farm outside of Granbury just a few days after Christmas in 1928. She was the eighth and final child for her parents, Gilbert Franklin Lewis and Nora Madge Trimble, both of whom had come to Texas from Arkansas at a young age. Frances first married in November 1944 to Robert Vann Massey, her school bus driver. She was still a month shy of sixteen years old. The union was an unhappy one, but it produced three beloved children. They divorced late in 1951. Within a few years Frances met Howard Barker Adams, the love of her life, and married him on the 29th of May, 1954. A son arrived the next year, and in 1958 they built a home on Patricia Road in Hurst, not long before the birth of a daughter. The couple raised their five children in that modest ranch home on a quiet corner of suburbia and made a happy life together. In their "empty nest" years, Frances and Howard embraced square dancing and travel with enthusiasm, taking their RV everywhere from famous sights around the country to quiet fishing holes. Whether at home or on the road, a deck of cards and hours of games with friends and family were never far away. The couple left Hurst after nearly 40 years to live in Granbury, closer to Frances' many siblings with whom she was always extremely close. It was rare for a day to go by without her talking to her sisters Jean or Madge, and many of those RV trips were with her brother and sister-in-law, Buddy and Lola, convoying behind. However, after a few years the two moved back to the DFW metroplex and made a cosy home in Richland Hills, nearer to many of their children and grandchildren. Frances found herself a widow only six years later, the husband who had adored her and treated her so well for over fifty years having succumbed during heart surgery. Despite this devastation, she persevered. With pups Max and Penny by her side, she continued to work hard to keep their beautiful home and garden not only up to her usual high standards but always welcome for visitors. From her good friends at Birdville Church of Christ to her family both near and distant, everyone knew that they were welcome to drop in any time. Frances was able to remain in her own home until her final year of life. Even after eventually moving to memory care, she maintained her sunny, gentle disposition while surrounded each day by the company of her devoted family and a new circle of friends. The words above do not do justice to the strength or kindness that was Frances Adams. Always observant, she forged a special bond with every family member that was all their own. If we were to each put our experiences with her into a quilt - apt for she skilfully sewed so many herself - it would be a patchwork of variety. Some squares might be markedly different from the others, but together they would form a lovely, comforting treasure, like the woman herself. Frances leaves behind three sons: Larry Van Massey, Carl Leslie Massey, and Michael Howard Adams. Both of her daughters - Sandra Gale Simonds and Donna Kay Meager - preceded her in death. Her legacy includes thirteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren, and it would be impossible to count the nieces and nephews and friends who will also carry her memory forward with love.

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