Eulogistic Services for 
Mrs. Trifredia Owens Adams 
Wednesday, April 1, 1987 -- 4:00 p.m. Rock Hill Baptist Church Saluda, South Carolina 
Reverend R. C. Holloway, Officiating 
 
 Obituary 
To be well-loved is to be long-remembered. 
The passing of Mrs. Trifredia Owens Adams has called us together today. There is no death. An angelic form walks o'er the earth with silent tread, and bears our loved ones away; and then we call them dead. But they are ever near us, though unseen. 
So in the stillness of the evening on March 28, 1987, Mrs. Trifredia Owens Adams left this life to join her Heavenly Father and loved ones who had gone before her. She was born in St. Matthews, South Carolina, on July 12, 1930, the daughter of the late Jetti Owens. 
She received her early education in the public schools in St. Matthews, South Carolina, and her BA degree in Elementary Education from Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She taught elementary education for 24 years in Lexington, McCormick, Edgefield and Saluda counties. She was recently retired from the Saluda Elementary School. 
Trifredia was married to Mr. Frank Adams, Jr., and to this union two children were born. She joined the church at a very early age at Bethel AME Church in St. Matthews. After moving to Saluda, she was baptized and became a member of Rock Hill Baptist Church in 1968 where she became a member of the Musical Choir and the Usher Board. She served faithfully as President of the Musical Choir until her death. 
She leaves to cherish her fond memories her beloved husband, Mr. Frank Adams, Jr.; one daughter, Mrs. Dorcas Adams Bess of North Augusta, South Carolina; one son, Frank Adams III, Atlanta, Georgia; one sister, Ms. Maude Keller Owens, Jamaica, New York; a step-brother, Bruce Owens of St. Matthews, S.C.; four grandchildren, Charles Bess, Jr., Christopher Bess, Frank Adams, IV, and John Michael Adams; one son-in-law, Charles Bess, Jr.; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. PriciHa Adams; one aunt, Mrs. Susie Bowers; a father-in-law; aJfcost of other nieces, nephews and friends. 
 
 Order of Service 
 
The Reverend R. C. Holloway, Presiding Mr. Bankston Derrick, 
Principal of Saluda Elementary School, Organist 
 
Organ Meditation 
 
Processional 
 
God Will Take Care of You 
 
Hymn 
 
Just As I Am 
 
Scriptures 
 
Old Testament Reverend Bennie R. Mitchell, Jr., Savannah, Ga. 
New Testament Reverend Willie Jefferson, Greenville, S.C. 
 
Prayer 
 
Mr. Doctor Adams Deacon of St. Mark Baptist Church 
Gadsden, S.C. 
 
Hymn 
 
Musical Choir 
 
Remarks 
 
Mrs. Emily Holloway, Musical Choir 
 
Mrs. Nelle H. Taylor, Superintendent, Saluda County, District I 
 
Obituary (silently read) 
 
Acknowledgements 
 
Solo 
 
Mrs. Corine Johnson 
 
Mrs. Louise Irving, Accompanist 
 
Words of Comfort 
 
Reverend R. C. Holloway 
 
Dismissal 
 
Interment 
 
 HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Charles Bess, Jr., Christopher Bess Frank Adams IV, John Michael Adams 
PALLBEARERS Members of Peerless Masonic Lodge No. 214 
HONORARY FLORAL BEARERS The Musical Choir of Rock Hill Baptist Church 
FLORAL BEARERS Teachers of Saluda Elementary School 
Life 
Life! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part: And when, or how, or where we met I own to me's a secret yet. Life! We've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather: Tis hard to part when friends are dear . . . Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night ... but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning. 
Anna Letitia Barbauld 
Acknowledgement 
The family is most appreciative to all of you for the numerous ways you have made expressions of love and concern during the illness and passing of our dearly beloved. Your sharing and caring is God's way of speaking to us through you and we want you to be assured that all of us are humbly grateful to all of you. May God continue to bless all of you. 
Funeral Services Entrusted To BUTLER AND SON FUNERAL HOME 
Saluda, South Carolina