Sharon Poole Adams, age 80, a resident of Summerdale, AL, transitioned peacefully to eternal life on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
After graduation from Murphy High School, Mrs. Adams met her husband Bill at Brazwell Stables and began working for South Central Bell. After a few years, she left to stay home and take care of a growing family.
She and her husband owned Lakewood Stables for more than thirty years and enjoyed training horses for Mardi Gras parades in both Mobile and Baldwin counties. Sharon was also involved with guiding trail rides, hosting summer camps for children with a love of horses, and providing horses to the Boys and Girls Club, Camp Rap a Hope, and the Girl Scouts for earning badges and learning to care for their assigned equine partner.
They were also members of the Krewe of Merry Mates.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Jackson Adams, Jr.
Mrs. Adams is survived by her sons, William John (Sandra) Adams of Fairhope and James Richard (Valerie) Adams of Duluth, GA; her daughter, Kimberly Darlene Adams of Summerdale; granddaughters, Jordan and Allison Adams, both of Fairhope; grandson, Kendall Adams of Duluth; many other relatives and friends.
1943 - 2023
Graveside services will be held Friday, January 13, 2023, at 1:00pm at Mobile Memorial Gardens.
