Mary A. Adamson, 86


Mary Alice Adamson, 86, of Fort Seybert, W.Va., died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at Pendleton Nursing Home in Franklin, W.Va.

Mrs. Adamson was born Nov. 6, 1920, in Fort Seybert, W.Va., and was the daughter of the late Fred Teter and Cleda Puffenbarger Teter.

A 1938 graduate of Franklin High School, she attended Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Dayton and was issued a Provisional Teaching Certificate. Her teaching career began at Oak Flat School in 1939. In 1959, she began teaching at Brandywine Elementary, while continuing to raise her family and work on her degree. She received her A.B. degree from Madison College in 1967. She retired in 1980 after 25 years of teaching.

Mrs. Adamson was active in the 4-H and was a member of the Fort Seybert Extension Homemaker’s Club and the Fairview-Bethel Methodist Church. She enjoyed singing, playing the piano and traveling.

On Jan. 31, 1940, she married Olin C. Adamson, who survives.

She is also survived by a daughter, Jane Ann Conrad of Fort Seybert; three sons, Robert O. "Bob" Adamson of Fort Seybert, William H. "Bill" Adamson of Naporville, Ill., and Benjamin L. "Ben" Adamson of Fort Seybert; two brothers, Eston Teter of Fort Seybert and H. Byrd Teter of Franklin, W.Va.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Mark James will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Friday at Fairview-Bethel United Methodist Church in Fort Seybert, W.Va. Burial will be at the Fairview-Bethel Cemetery, Fort Seybert.

Friends may call at the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, W.Va., where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today.

Memorial donations may be made to the Fairview-Bethel United Methodist Church, c/o Beth May, HC 69, Box 233, Fort Seybert, WV 26802.